The role of women in WW1 0.0 / 5 ? HistoryThe First World WarASEdexcel Created by: ava.scottCreated on: 06-05-15 18:54 How many nurses were in Queen Victoria's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve in 1918? 23,000 nurses 1 of 11 How many nurses were in it in 1914? 70 2 of 11 How many women worked as nursing assistants, cooks and ambulance drivers? 38,000 3 of 11 Were there any female volunteers? Yes there were thousands 4 of 11 What programme provided voluntary nurses? The Voluntary Aid Detachment 5 of 11 How many VADs were there by 1914? There were 74,000, two-thirds were women and a third were girls. 6 of 11 What was founded in 1915? The Women's Land Army 7 of 11 What did allow women to do? It allowed them to work on farms whilst the men were out in war 8 of 11 How many were the most high profile members? 16,000 were middle class and even upper-class women joined too. 9 of 11 How many female munition workers were there in 1914? 90,000 10 of 11 How many munition workers were there by the end of the war? 947,000 11 of 11
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