You clicked on the headline but not to worry. Pretty soon all of these amazing ladies will have passed away ... unable to submit to those pesky, young local newspaper reporters interviews that are so repetitive and tiresome for you. With any luck you'll be able to avoid any dusty old books in the library about them as well.
When you have been reading this same “finally discovered” headline for as many decades as I have then you have a right to get tired of it.
This article and every article like it written over my lifetime has always left off the “heroic” service of the same people that were male doing this civilian job.
Are you dissing Bryanw92’s uncle?
“BTW, my uncle was a civilian ferry pilot during WW2. He didn’t get anything except a pink slip at war’s end.”