WWI Women at war Women's Army Auxiliary Corps non combatant roles


Illustration from the Great War Vol 10 published in 1918. It is generally believed that perceptions of women were changed by the roles undertaken during the war leading to limited suffrage in the Representation of the People Act 1918 & eventually the same rights as men in the Equal Franchise Act 1928.


Size: 4314px × 5982px
Location: France
Photo credit: © Historical Images Archive / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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