This summer the Queen will unveil the first national memorial dedicated to all the women, not just service women, who played a role during the Second World War.
There is a small, surviving band of women who were decorated for bravery during the war, whose whereabouts are unknown.
Baroness Betty Boothroyd, who campaigned to have a monument built, tells Jenni about the 'Hunt for Heroines' appeal which aims to trace the women.