Women represented 15 to 20% of the total number of French Resistance fighters within the country.
Only a limited minority took part in the armed battles. Although women were typical partisan resistance fighters in Italy, Greece, Yugoslavia and the occupied USSR, feared and as numerous as men, they were a small minority in the maquis in France. It has been speculated that this may have been influenced by the fact that French women were not subject to the Service du travail obligatoire (English: Compulsory Work Service; STO), as were women in other occupied territories.
Some facts about the women in the French Resistance.
westondeboer on October 30th, 2017 at 20:59 UTC »
mrshatnertoyou on October 30th, 2017 at 21:07 UTC »
Some facts about the women in the French Resistance.
jumbobumbo on October 30th, 2017 at 22:41 UTC »
Pam Halpert, is that you?