The IDF and Defense Establishment Archive presents a rare and fascinating document – a survey conducted in battalion 205 of the Women's Corps in September 1948, to sample the states of mind and morale of IDF women soldiers deep in the War of Independence. The survey was conducted by the Public Opinion Institute of the Psychological Research.
Then, as now, most soldiers were proud to belong to the Women's Corps, however, then as now they complained about the commanders' attitudes, their jobs, the distance from home, etc.
An important finding was that a high percentage of the women believed in the importance of the Women's Corps to the war effort of the young state fighting for its life.
We salute the women soldiers then as now!