Hidden Home Front: Episode 4 - The women who volunteered in WWI
How volunteering changed women's lives
From the declaration of war in August 1914 hundreds of thousands of women volunteered. While some became munitions workers or nurses many in a rural county such as Worcestershire took on other less known roles on the Home Front.
Professor Maggie Andrews explains how women from the all social classes became involved and how this new-found responsibility and freedom changed many of their lives forever.
Keywords: Women, First World War, Worcestershire, Maggie Andrews
In World War 1, Worcestershire, Women,
Presented by:
Professor Maggie Andrews
Directed by:
Sean Griffiths
Produced by:
ICE Productions
Featuring:
Actors: Dan Hagley, Sean Connolly, Debbie McAndrew, Stephen Bessant, Charlotte Martin
Thanks to:
Voices of War and Peace, University of Worcester
Recorded By:
Andy Partington
Assistant Camera Operator:
Gary Tanner
Additional Photography by:
Ina Taylor - Egg Collection Photograph
Images Kindly Supplied by:
Imperial War Museum, Wikimedia Commons
Special Thanks to:
National Trust Croome Park, Black Country Living Museum, Worcester Town Hall, University of Worcester
Run Time:
11:24
