Online Collection

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Women in a factory, 1916 (c)

Photograph, World War One (1914-1918), 1916 (c).

During World War One women volunteered for essential work in order to release men for service in the armed forces. Between 1914-1918, around two million women volunteers replaced men in employment.

From an album of 76 official photographs.

NAM Accession Number

NAM. 1999-11-70-6

Copyright/Ownership

National Army Museum, Out of Copyright

Location

National Army Museum, Study Collection

Object URL

https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1999-11-70-6

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