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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
Women Doing Mens Work WW1. Woman in uniform down on one knee proposing to her sweetheart in reversal of roles. Date: circa 1917
When Women Vote Men Sewing. Domestic roles reversed when women vote marriage rules revised, husbands duties now include making their trousers out of wifes old skirts and minding the baby
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
Woman delivery van driver, WW1A woman in uniform takes over a traditional male role as the driver of a horse drawn delivery van during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918
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
Munition workers watch Royal Investiture on Clydeside, WW1Female munitions workers of the National Projectile Factory on Clydeside, dressed in their work clothes, fill the stands at the Ibrox Stadium in Glasgow where they watched King George V carry out a
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
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
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
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
Miss Farnar-Bringhurst as Martryred BelgiumMiss Farnar-Bringhurst dressed martyred Belgium, a costume she wore (without shoes) for the Womens Right to Serve march through London in July 1915
Chancing It, WW1 London bus with woman conductorIllustration by Edmund Blampied showing a British soldier, possibly home on leave managing to just catch a moving bus presided over by a female bus conductor. Date: 1916
Viscountess Gladstone working for base hospitals, WW1Viscountess Gladstone, along with the Hon. Lilian and Winifred Douglas Pennant (half -sisters of Lord Penrhyn) and Miss Poole working to provide garments
Miss Margot Park, actress and war workerMiss Margot Park, an actress, who, according to The Sketch, had left the stage during the war to work at the Ministry of Munitions. Whether this was in a factory or office setting is unclear
Bobette! by Higgins (Womens Legion)First World War scene with woman wearing the uniform of the Womens Legion (Womens War Services Legion). The Legion provided all kinds of services including cooking for the Army, driving
Society war-workers, 1918A page from The Sketch featuring four society ladies involved in war work. Top left is Lady Rosamund Butler, elder daughter of the Earl and Countess of Carrick
The Marchioness of Londonderry, president of Womens 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)
Miss Yvonne FitzroyYvonne Fitzroy (1891 - 1971), British actress, and daughter of Sir Almeric Fitzroy who had been Clerk of the Privy Council since 1898, pictured in uniform during the First World War
Eve as a W. A. A. C, WW1Eve, The Tatler magazines gossip columnist (and author of Letters of Eve ) muses on the charm of a W.A.A.C (Womens Army Auxiliary Corps)
Eve as a police woman, WW1Eve, gossip columnist of The Tatler (author of Letters of Eve ) contemplates the charming idea of wearing a police womans uniform with a very short skirt in order to save on material during the First
Marchioness of Londonderry, President of War Services 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)
Womens Legion uniform from Burberrys, 1918A smart uniform in khaki adopted by members of the Womens War Services Legion and available from Burberrys. Date: 1918
Tatler cover - Mrs Burleigh LeachFront cover of The Tatler magazine featuring a portrait of Mrs Burleigh Leach, wife of Brigadier-General Burleigh Leach and Controller of Inspection
Office girls drawn by Fish, WW1Uncle Fred, a character in the Letters of Eve in The Tatler, drawn by Annie Fish, is pictured njoying his time in the office now that girls are taking on wartime clerical roles. Date: 1917
Waitress in a gentlemens club by Fish, WW1Uncle Fred, one of the characters in The Tatler magazine s, Letters of Eve, drawn by Annie Fish is pictured enjoying having his lunch at his club
Female bus conductor drawn by Fish, WW1Uncle Fred, one of the characters in the gossip column, Letters of Eve, finds his commute to the office infinitely more enjoyable now there are ladies working as bus conductors during the war
Sketch cover, George Robey in Bing Boys on Broadway, WW1Front cover of The Sketch featuring George Robey as U-Ka-Lip-Tus, Chief of the Wah Wahs in a scene from The Bing Boys on Broadway, playing at the Alhambra
Gas powered car with lady chauffeur, WW1 cartoon" You ll have to get rid of the chauffeurette, Alfred - shes getting much too flighty." Cartoon commenting on the double novelty of gas powered cars
Pomeroy day cream advertisement for munitions workers, WW1Advertisement for Pomeroy day cream, ideal for restoring freshness and beauty after a hard days work in the munitions factory. Date: 1918