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WW1 knitting booklet, The Higbee CompanyThe Knitting Needle has again come into its own. Front cover of a small booklet published by the Higbee Company (USA) containing patterns for knitting comforts for troops during the First World War
Vinolia WW1 advertisement, women war workersAdvertisement for Royal Vinolia Cream, for the woman workers toilet during the First World War and featuring a nurse in uniform applying the cream before her shift. 1917
Women drivers of the RAF, WW1Drivers roll call at a south London garage of the Royal Air Force. The women are pictured lined up in khaki uniform. Date: 1918
Women workers WW1 - procession of homage at PalaceNearly three thousand women workers representing practically every organised branch of womens labour during the First World War and wearing the uniforms of their corps and trades
Women workers manufacturing synthetic phenol, WW1Women munition workers testing the temperature of phenol as it runs into drums during the production of explosives. Date: 1918
Womens Land Army rally in Lincoln, WW1A rally of women landworkers at Lincoln in 1918 during which many new recruits were obtained. Wounded soldiers helped the girls carry their recruiting banners. Date: 1918
Overalls for Women Workers, WW1The Agricola outfit - strong, serviceable, well cut and becoming - idea for women workers on the land and available from the Cleveland Manufacturing Company. Date: 1918
Munitions workers waiting for the tea hooter, WW1Women munitions workers outside the National Control Canteen, run by female volunteers, waiting for the tea hooter to sound
Staff of the Soldiers Free Buffet at Charing Cross, WW1Female staff of the Soldiers Free Buffet at Charing Cross Station, set up, along with similar buffets at other London terminus
Advert for Peter Robinsons practical garmentThe land for the Land. Ideal skirt for gardening, agricultural and general country wear, made in Khaki water proofed dungarine fitted with huge pockets. 1916
Tea Time in Dining Hall of National Control Canteen, WW1Female munitions workers in the dining hall of the National Control Canteen, run by voluntary lady workers to provide cheap, nutritious meals for employees. Date: 1916
A woman tractor driver during WW1A woman tractor driver at Wye in Kent oiling a government tractor during the First World War, one of the numerous traditionally male roles taken on by women during the conflict. Date: 1918
Beechams Pills advert with land girl, WW1That cheerful spirit! Which goes hand in hand with Beechams Pills. A land girl cheerily shovelling what looks like manure during the First World War - all carried out without complaint thanks to
WW1 Womens Joy Loan Day 1919A souvenir in commemoration of the Womens Joy Loan Day celebrations in Trafalgar Square, Saturday, 28th June 1919. This included a procession leaded by Lady St. Helier and others
Training munition workers at Shoreditch Technical InstituteScenes showing the training of munition workers at Shoreditch Technical Institute (run by London County Council) during the First World War
Women working at Prisoners of War Information Bureau, WW1Women working at the offices of the Prisoners of War Information Bureau, located at 49 Wellington Street, Strand, where are record of all British soldiers who were prisoners of war in Germany were
Woman motor driver teaching soldier to drive, WW1A new driver in the Army Motor Transport section being taught to steer by a female instructor during the First World War. A school to teach women driving and car mechanics was established by the Hon
Women at a car mechanics class, WW1Women at a school in London established by Gabrielle Borthwick (daughter of the late Baron Borthwick) where driving and mechanics were taught during the First World War
Women being trained at an L. C. C. technical college, WW1Women and men together studying the theory of machine tool using at the Shoreditch Technical Institute during the First World War
Women Gardeners at Windsor, WW1One of the four women gardeners employed at Windsor Castle during the First World War, pictured opening the top-lights in the glass-houses
Students at a school for women chemists, WW1Women at a London County Council school in Hammersmith, training in chemistry following the acceptance of women dispensers by the Army medical authorities during the First World War
Changes in Whitehall, WW1 cartoonCartoon demonstrating the changes at Whitehall during the First World War, when women replaced men in most of the clerical roles, and the war necessitated the War Offices expansion. Date: 1916
VAD matron and nurses at a French hospital, WW1A group of VAD nurses, attached to the St Johns Ambulance Assocation, pictured at a hospital in France where they had been since the outbreak of war. The nurses wear arm brassards with the St
Lady Sclaters Hospital Supply Depot, WW1Four photographs in the Sphere magazine reporting on the War Hospital Supply Dept opened in August 1915 by Lady Sclater, wife of Lieut.-General Sir H
Vera Holme Marshal at Suffragette March. Vera Louise Holme (1881-1969) Known as Jack, seen in her role as Marshal at the From Prison to Citizenship demonstration. 18th June 1910
Woman Firefighter - Taking on traditional male rolesFirst World War postcard charting womens role in filling many traditionally male jobs. In this case, a female firefighter stands in her uniform, hose at the ready. Date: circa 1916
WRAF Mess Hut at Cranwell, WW1Scene inside the WRAF (Womens Royal Air Force) Mess Hut at Cranwell, probably during the First World War. The Royal Naval Air Service Central Training Establishment Cranwell was commissioned on 1
Vesta Tilley, WW1Vesta Tilley (1864-1952), born Matilda Alice Powles, later Lady de Frece, music hall actress whose speciality was male impersonations
Woman bus conductor, WW1A girl bus conductor in her blue uniform, with gaiters and turned up hat, rings the bell on the no 25 route which travels from Marble Arch in central London to Ilford on the outskirts of East London
Woman railway officials on the Underground, WW1Two women in uniform working on the London Underground during the First World War in jobs which were previously carried out by men. Date: 1914-1918
Royal Vinolia Cream advertisement, munition worker, WW1Advertisement for Royal Vinolia Cream from 1917 featuring a female munition worker - the ideal candidate for as dirty and rough work may be in your service for the nation...but Royal Vinolia cream is
Vesta Tilley as Dick WhittingtonVesta Tilley (1864-1952), born Matilda Alice Powles, later Lady de Frece, music hall actress whose speciality was male impersonations
Women of Montenegro at the Front, WW1As Europe mobilises for war, Montenegrin wives play a part by climbing the mountains to provision the frontier forts and by assisting in the digging of earthworks. Date: 1914
Signing on for Munition Work, WW1Women signing up for work in munitions factories during the First World War. Date: 1914-18
A Munitionette, Munition worker, WW1A woman operating an automatic cartridge machine in a munition factory during the First World War. Date: 1917
Gaby Deslys & her role in the Portuguese revolutionPortrait of French actress and singer, Gaby Deslys (1881-1920), pictured in The Bystander wearing a particularly frivolous stage outfit
Lady Londonderry, President of Womens War Service LegionLady Londonderry, formerly the Hon. Edith Chaplin, pictured in 1918 when she was President of the Womens War Services Legion (previously known as the Womens Legion)
Marie Lohr - a wartime actress-manageress, WW1Marie Lohr, Australian actress (1890-1975) pictured in The Tatler at the time she had taken on the role of manager at the Globe Theatre in London where she was staging a play by W. Somerset Maugham
Queen Mary inspects the Womens Land Army, WW1Queen Mary inspects a detachment of the Womens Land Army which marched through London with the object of attracting recruits in March 1918. Date: 1918
Pears Soap advertisement, land girl, 1918Advertisement for Pears soap during the First World War, part of their Womanhood in Wartime, series, featuring a member of the Womens Land Army ploughing a field Date: 1918
Women in uniform, WW1 by Annie FishIllustration by Annie Fish in The Tatlers Letters of Eve column, demonstrating the kinds of uniform worn by working women during the First World War
Myrtle Newton, hotel driver, WW1Miss Myrtle Newton of Cambridge who had accepted the post of motor car driver at the Kings Head Hotel in Cirencester on the understanding that by so doing she would release a man for service during
Vinolia for war workers advertisement, WW1Advertisement for Royal Vinolia Talcum Powder, ideal for factory and munitions workers during the First World War. According to the advert
Women tram conductor and officer, WW1Illustration showing a women tram conductor speaking to an army officer during WW1. Date: 1916
Illustrated War News front cover - a woman gardener, WW1Front cover of The Illustrated War News featuring a photograph of a jobbing female gardener during the war riding a motorcycle and sidecar
Billie Carleton & Dennis Eadie in Freedom of the Seas, 1918Billie Carleton (4 September 1896 28 November 1918) was an English musical comedy actress during the First World War. She began her professional stage career at age 15
Women recruiters, WW1A woman in Trafalgar Square encouraging young men to join up and fight during the First World War. Date: 1915
Women wanted for War Work, WW1Advertisement by the Motor Drivers Licensed Employment Bureau calling for women to train as engineers during the First World War. Full training in machinery and car repairs offered. Date: 1918