Woman on war - презентация

Women on war

In December 1941 unmarried women aged 19 to 30 found themselves conscripted. They were joined by many more married women who volunteered. Women could chose between a job in industry and the auxiliary services.

A.T.S (Auxiliary Territorial Service) was attached to the army. Some 198 000 members, whose jobs included mechanics, clerks and operating anti-aircraft batteries.

The Mechanized Transport Corps

WAAF on a barrage balloon site in London

In April 1943 women were ‘officially’ allowed to join the Home Guard although in a non-combatant role. No uniform was issued for these Home Guard Auxiliaries, but the official recognition was the issue of a brooch badge in a plastic material from July 1943.

Some 375 000 women members, whose jobs included: air-raid warden; ambulance drivers; manning first-aid posts and fire women.

Britain imported about 60% of its food before the war; now, she would have to grow most of it. Above all it meant growing more wheat and potatoes. The amount of land used for growing crops increased by 50% during the war, mainly by using pastureland and marshland.

The Women’s Land Army filled many of the jobs left vacant when men went to fight. The Land Army was started by Lady Denman and by 1943 there were some 90 000 young women, called ‘Land Girls’, employed on the land.