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…and thus voted for a Labour government. Clement Atlee promised a more equal Britain, and amongst other things, he introduced the National Health Service, a Welfare system, and housing for the working classes. BIBLIOGRAPHY: Women in Wartime - The role of Women's magazines 1939-1945 By Jane Waller and Michael Vaughan-Rees World History By Ed Rayner and Ken Stapley The Second World War - An Illustrated History By AJP Taylor The Home Front 1939-1945 Nicholas Williams