Early in the Great War, as arsenals are struggling to keep up production, they hire women to build the weapons the military urgently needed. Thousands of women answered their nation's call. Among them is nineteen-year-old former housemaid April Tipton and Lucy Dempsey. When Lucy's coworkers learn she is a footballer's wife, they invite her to join the arsenal ladies' football club, the Thornshire Canaries. As the war grinds on and tragedy takes its toll, the Canary Girls persist despite the dangers, proud to serve, determined to outlive the war and rejoice in victory and peace.
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