Kate Thompson and Eileen McKay: 'Beauty Is Your Duty'

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Author Kate Thompson and 92-year-old ex-Yardley worker Eileen McKay share the 'Secrets Of The Homefront Girls', exploring how women were encouraged to embrace their beauty and femininity during WW2 through the Beauty Is Your Duty propaganda campaign. For women like Eileen, wearing lipstick on the production line was a significant contribution to the war effort.