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Women’s Vital Contributions to Winning the First World War

The First World War saw women play pivotal roles across various sectors, contributing significantly to the war effort. From serving as bus and tram conductors to working as munitions factory laborers and serving in Voluntary Aid Detachments, women took on essential tasks that helped maintain morale and support soldiers. Notable efforts included nursing the wounded, producing ammunition, and managing supplies. This resource highlights these contributions through pictorial sources, emphasizing the diverse roles women played during this pivotal time in history.

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Women’s Vital Contributions to Winning the First World War

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  1. HOW DID WOMEN HELP TO WIN THE FIRST WORLD WAR? Pictorial sources. Please laminate and cut up for classroom activities

  2. Bus and Tram Conductors 1

  3. Milk Float Driver 2

  4. Post Office Sorters 3

  5. Messengers in the VAD (Voluntary Aid Detachment) in Belgium 1915 4

  6. Visiting soldiers in the trenches 5

  7. Policewomen 6

  8. Making shells in munitions factories (munitionettes) 7

  9. Making aircraft wings 8

  10. Anti tank mine workers 9

  11. Potato pickers and sorters 10

  12. Fisherwomen in Harwich 11

  13. Founder of Queen Mary’s Needlework Guild and President of the Red Cross Society 12 QUEEN MARY QUEEN ALEXANDER

  14. Ambulance Corps 13

  15. Women doctors create an all – women staffed military hospital in London for wounded soldiers...The Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital 14

  16. Volunteers at the Streatham Common War Supply Depot 15

  17. Garment makers in Hammersmith 16

  18. Ladies Territorial Committee member making waistcoats from old gloves 17

  19. Making socks for the Navy at the British and Foreign Sailors Society 18

  20. Coal heavers in Scotland 19

  21. War Work Club in Wales 20

  22. Ammunition bag makers to hold powder and shells 21

  23. Red Cross nurse tending a wounded soldier on the battlefield 22

  24. Village Smithy in Essex 23

  25. Nurses on board the sinking hospital ship – Anglia. They stayed until all the wounded were off the ship and several perished 24

  26. Tram Drivers 25

  27. Night scene behind the firing line in France 26

  28. Making gas for the village of Chew Magna in Bristol 27

  29. Potato harvesters 28

  30. Nurses in convalescent homes 29

  31. Road Sweepers 30

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