"Pious platitudes"? Hmmmn, I would not shrug it off, it may have been less than World War II, but I know from firsthand witnesses, how many women helped make the armaments our military needed in World War II, someone had to do it, it seems to be an important role. They apparently did the same some in World War I. Seeing how expansive WWI was, it must have taken a lot of factory workers.
She said some female workers in Britain were known as “canaries†because they had to handle TNT, which caused their skin to turn yellow.
Around 400 women in Britain died from overexposure to TNT during WWI, according to estimates.
I didn't realize, these were pious platitudes, a picture is worth a thousands words, I realize many did not sacrifice their lives as many of our men did but I would not ignore the key contribution as well.
Now, this picture does look like it is from World War I:
And this:
So, one can make their own judgements. I do know, someone had to "man" the factories.