# Who was the most influential woman in WWII?

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**Created:** [July 27, 2017, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-influential-woman-in-wwii/792256 "2017-07-27T12:18:30Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 28, 2017, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-influential-woman-in-wwii/792256/21 "2017-07-28T03:59:36Z")

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> [@dtilque](#):
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> Yes, but Mae West got the life preserver named after her. The one that had two inflated sections that rested on the wearer’s chest.

Off-topic but it always amazes me Mae West was the be-all end-all for huge breast jokes in the 40’s and 50’s when really (especially looking at pics of her in retrospect) she really wasn’t all that busty, just A 32C. I know standards were different back then, but imagine what people of the past would say about a Katy Perry or Kim Kardashian now.

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