I don't acknowledge the feminist idea of gender roles. I do what interests me. I'm a woman but took several science courses in college.
Even then I saw no reason to view that as being a gender role.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.