The 2 December 1944 issue draws particular attention to the contributions of women in its headline story, "Machine Shop Plays Important Part in
Helldiver Production." At the end of the article, the point is made that while the job is not traditionally associated with women, they are surprisingly capable of quite mechanically complicated work -- again, a mix of praise and wonder.
If a co-op twin-stick shooter is what you are looking for, then it doesn't get better than
HELLDIVERS. As a part of the elite unit called the
HELLDIVERS, you and your friends must work together to protect SUPER EARTH from the intergalactic war.
(15.) Helen Smith and Pamela Wakewich, "Beauty and the
Helldivers": Representing Women's Work and Identities in a Warplant Newspaper," Labour/Le Travail 44 (Fall 1999): 71-72, 79, 89-90.
Helldivers is a little bit of a throwback and something that I really enjoyed playing.
"
Helldivers," Jimmy said, when he hit the tetherball.
When the American task force surprised them, the squadron of Curtiss
Helldivers took on Akitsushima and Okikawa Maru.
(23) Helen Smith and Pamela Wakewich, "`Beauty and the
Helldivers': Representing Women's Work and Identities in a Warplant Newspaper," Labour/Le Travail, 44 (Fall 1999), 93-5.
The first woman to graduate with an engineering degree in Canada, MacGill went on to study aeronautical engineering in the United States and then worked in the industry in Montreal; she was hired by Canadian Car and Foundry as chief aeronautical engineer and at Fort William supervised plans for production of Hurricane fighters for the RAF and subsequently for the
Helldivers for the USAF.