GB 106 10/51
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Fonds
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1913-c.1919
This collection consists of press cuttings from national and regional newspapers documenting the work of women during the First World War. The cuttings are arranged in albums under the following headings:
Album 1:
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Medical - Ambulance service, Doctors, Nurses, Hospitals
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Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) - Catering, Clerical, Driving, Horticulture, Leisure, Recruitment, Stable work
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Women's Royal Air Force (WRAF) - Drivers, Mechanics, Personal Life
Album 1 also contains one page illustrating Mrs St Clair Stobart's Women's Convoy Corps, on service in the Balkans in 1913 during the Second Balkan War.
Album 2:
- Home Front - Munitions Industry, Land Girls
Album 3:
- Home Front - Public Services [alphabetically, from Baker - Window Cleaner], General
Album 4:
- General - Military Forces and Home Front.