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Scottish girls making shells
Unknown, 1915, Press cutting
Scottish girls making shells
Scottish girls making shells
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Item no
32610
Title
"Everything depends on the workshops of Britain": Scottish girls making shells
Description
From the Illustrated London News published July 3rd 1915.
Artist / maker
Unknown
Date
1915
Size
39.6 x 45.4 cm
Type
Press cutting
Location
Reference Library
During the First World War, women played an active and crucial role in Britain's war effort. The women employed in munitions factories, known as munitionettes became the most visible face of women workers during World War One.
Read history as it happened with free access to the
Scotsman Digital Archive
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You can search the entire 1914-19 archives of the
Illustrated London News
online.
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ILN During WWI: Women and Children during the War
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