War Effort Collection (page 9)

Seamstresses of the National Union of Women, Frankfurt am Main, World War I, 1915. A photograph from Der Grosse Krieg in Bildern

Filling shrapnel shells in a British munitions factory, World War I, 1914-1918

Volunteer women drivers in a Wolseley, donated towards the war effort, Cambridge, World War I, 1915

Volunteer English woman driver washing down her ambulance, Cambridge, World War I, 1915. The ambulance, a converted Wolseley, was donated towards the war effort

Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna of Russia with nurses outside a hospital, Russia, 1916. Born Princess Dagmar of Denmark, Maria Feodorovna (1847-1928) married the future Tsar Alexander III in 1866

Poster paying tribute to the war effort, French, World War I, 1914-1918. A wounded French soldier saying that civilians are also supporting the war effort by making their individual financial

The Big Push, 1916. Artist: Leonard Raven-Hill
The Big Push, 1916. A munitions worker with a trolley of new shells sending them of for a little trip to the continent (Europe) for use against the Germans

Women sealing flasks of donated blood, World War II, Moscow, 1941. Thousands of Moscow citizens responded to appeals to donate blood as the Germans advanced on the city

Woman armaments worker, World War II, 1940. A woman in a tank factory being instructed in the use of a metal power drill

Members of the Womens Volunteer Defence Corps being trained in rifle drill, World War II, 1940. Small arms were in short supply

Womens Land Army lifting a crop, World War II, 1940. The Womens Land Army was established to meet the demand for agricultural labour caused by the absence of male farm workers on active service

British girls of the Womens Land Army learning to plough with a tractor, World War II, 1939-1945. The Womens Land Army was established in June 1939 to meet the demand for agricultural labour caused

The War Workers, 1916. During the 1914-1918 war women in Britain took over the jobs of men sent to the Front. The demand for female suffrage was temporarily silenced by the national crisis

Lets Do It!, poster, Russian, 1944. Artist: I Serebriany
Lets Do It!, poster, Russian, 1944. A female worker lifting a pallet of bricks

Interior view, Krupp works, Essen, Ruhr, Germany, World War I, 1917. Krupp enjoyed a monopoly on arms manufacturing in Germany during World War I

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