Category: History - Modern (1750+)

The Woman's Part: A Record of Munitions Work

In a period of titanic events it is difficult to characterize a single group of happenings as of special significance, yet at the end of the war it is likely that Great Britain will look back to the transformation of her home industries for war purposes as one of the greatest...

Chapters

4. CHAPTER IV: AT WORK--II

The production of aircraft, undertaken in this country on a large scale only since the outbreak of the war, has fallen more naturally into the hands of women. The work is for th...

3. CHAPTER III: AT WORK--I

Arrived in the munitions factory, the new-comer, whether from a Government Training Centre, or from another occupation, is given two or three weeks' trial on the task she has co...

8. CHAPTER VIII: HOUSING

Of the indirect problems arising from a prolific output of munitions the most acute has undoubtedly been the affair of the housing of the workers. The opening of a new factory,...

5. CHAPTER V: COMFORT AND SAFETY

The problems arising from the sudden employment of thousands of women in the factories have obviously been connected not only with the technical training of the workers and with...

1. CHAPTER I: THE ADVENT OF WOMEN IN ENGINEERING TRADES

In a period of titanic events it is difficult to characterize a single group of happenings as of special significance, yet at the end of the war it is likely that Great Britain...

2. CHAPTER II: TRAINING THE MUNITION WORKER

When, in answer to the demand for shells and more shells, factories were built, or adapted to the requirements of war, it was soon found that a supply of suitable labour must be...

6. CHAPTER VI: OUTSIDE WELFARE

The gift in the early days of munitions development of several thousands of pounds from an Indian prince, the Maharajah of Gwalior, for the benefit of munitions employees, helpe...

7. CHAPTER VII: GROWTH OF THE INDUSTRIAL CANTEEN

'Money hardly counts; it is labour we have to consider nowadays', recently remarked the managing director of a large munitions works. It is this new conception that has given im...