Michelle is an award-winning journalist with 20 years' experience, based in Yorkshire.
A brilliant book of true stories of love and loss during WWII from the tough northern women who kept the foundry fires burning. - Bella Magazine This blend of memoir and history, that comes complete with gorgeous wartime romance stories, celebrates a heroic generation. - Best Magazine Stories of the unsung WWII heroines who took up jobs in the factories that kept the country running and built the weapons that beat Hitler are told... author Michelle Rawlins interviewed some of the last surviving women - many now in their 90s or 100s - who dropped everything to support the war effort. - Daily Mail A worthy tribute to incredible grit - Sunday Mirror A profoundly moving blend of fascinating social history and personal memoirs. - The People Inspiring. - Take A Break Celebrates the amazing stories of Sheffield's Women of Steel and their incredible working lives during two world wars. - Sheffield Star