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In addition to thousands of women who took government jobs in support of the war effort or to free up men for other jobs, women played key leadership roles in government.
In China, Madame Chiang Kai-shek was an active promoter of the Chinese cause against the Japanese occupation. This wife of the Nationalist leader of China was head of China's air force during the war. She spoke to the US Congress in 1943. She was called the world's most famous woman for her efforts.