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Those Women Who Wait

Those Women Who Wait

McEntee-Taylor, Carole
Taylor, Lawrence

Paperback

Series: Real Lives. Memories in Print

General World History

ISBN13: 9798385608638
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Mar 7 2023
Pages: 122
Weight: 0.38
Height: 0.26 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

'Those Women Who Wait' is the companion to my first book, 'Women Are Now Doing Men's Work, ' following the contributions of women to the British war effort in the First World War. The British home front played an important role in the outcome of the war which ultimately led to the signing of the Armistice in 1918, this was primarily a war of factories, and Britain was ill prepared on the outbreak of the war. Within two years, Britain had created massive industrial capacity for the production of arms and munitions, and a workforce of women to work in the factories. Here they were exposed to toxic chemicals and the dangers of highly volatile explosives. Women proved they were capable of doing jobs thought only applicable to men, they worked on Britain's farms, attended technical colleges to improve skills vital in the aero industry, rerolled as ambulance drivers, police women and in the Women's Royal Naval Service and Women's Royal Air Force. They advanced in the field of science working at Imperial College for the Trench Warfare Department.

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