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Background imageWar Work Collection: Women manufacturing shell casings in a Russian factory, World War II, 1943

Women manufacturing shell casings in a Russian factory, World War II, 1943

Background imageWar Work Collection: Young girls assembling machine guns in a Russian factory, 1943

Young girls assembling machine guns in a Russian factory, 1943

Background imageWar Work Collection: German state munition factory, World War I, 1917

German state munition factory, World War I, 1917. A woman working at a 125 ton grooving press. A photograph from Der Grosse Krieg in Bildern

Background imageWar Work Collection: The Krupp gun factory number 1, Essen, Germany, World War I, 1917

The Krupp gun factory number 1, Essen, Germany, World War I, 1917. Krupp supplied the German armys heavy artillery pieces during the First World War. A photograph from Der Grosse Krieg in Bildern

Background imageWar Work Collection: Steel production, Krupp factory, Essen, Germany, World War I, 1917

Steel production, Krupp factory, Essen, Germany, World War I, 1917. In 1917 and 1918, Krupp produced seven Paris Guns, huge artillery pieces designed to fire shells at Paris from over 80 miles away

Background imageWar Work Collection: Seamstresses of the National Union of Women, Frankfurt am Main, World War I, 1915

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

Background imageWar Work Collection: Filling shrapnel shells in a British munitions factory, World War I, 1914-1918

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

Background imageWar Work Collection: Volunteer women drivers in a Wolseley, donated towards the war effort, Cambridge, World War I, 1915

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

Background imageWar Work Collection: Volunteer English woman driver washing down her ambulance, 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

Background imageWar Work Collection: Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna of Russia with nurses outside a hospital, Russia, 1916

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

Background imageWar Work Collection: The Big Push, 1916. Artist: Leonard Raven-Hill

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

Background imageWar Work Collection: Woman armaments worker, World War II, 1940

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

Background imageWar Work Collection: Womens Land Army lifting a crop, World War II, 1940

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

Background imageWar Work Collection: British girls of the Womens Land Army learning to plough with a tractor, World War II, 1939-1945

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

Background imageWar Work Collection: The War Workers, 1916

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

Background imageWar Work Collection: Lets Do It!, poster, Russian, 1944. Artist: I Serebriany

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



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