Mrs. Engelman was 101, and one of the last surviving Army nurses to serve near the front lines during World War II, when she died June 30 at a board-and-care home in Laguna Niguel, Calif.

Pia Marie Winters Jordan is a journalist and teacher of journalism whose mother was one of the African-American nurses who served at the Tuskegee Army Air Field during World War II. The pilots who ...

What jobs and responsibilities did women have on the front line in World War One? Find out in this year 5/6 primary history guide from BBC Bitesize.