Behind the Paddle

The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion

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The men didn't think the women could do it. The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion were an amazing group of women who stared into the faces of inequality, racism and sexism whom defined all odds. Everyone was against the women they didn't think they could sort 17million pieces of mail. In WW2 leaders thought that low moral was the cause of so many dying so they put 6888 Battalion in charge. Please listen to the amazing story of how the fight for coloured women's rights made a mark in history. 

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