But there's precious little sympathy, especially from war-weary feminists, and all but nothing in the way of support, although perhaps a creeping awareness has begun.
In the end, however, the rehabilitation of the vessels became a saga in itself because of the exceedingly poor condition of many of these war-weary ships.
Although the women performed well in combat and suffered few casualties their example was not enough to inspire the mass of war-weary soldiers to continue fighting.