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ILN During WWI: Women and Children during the War
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The Feminine Touch in War: Gun-Sights and Range-Dials
Unknown, 1917, Press cutting, Reproduction
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The Feminine Touch in War: Gun-Sights and Range-Dials
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32716
Title
The Feminine Touch in War: Gun-Sights and Range-Dials
Description
From the Illustrated London News published February 17th, 1917, page 208. Official photographs, published by special permission of the Ministry of Munitions. Full titles: Women machining sight-racks for howitzer and naval gun sights, on shaping machines; Women engraving range-dials for howitzer-sights - they set up their own machines; Women machining sight-quadrants and telescope-holders for howitzers and naval guns on vertical milling-machines; Women slotting quadrants for six-inch and eight-inch howitzer sights.
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Unknown
Date
1917
Size
39.6 x 26.7 cm
Type
Press cutting
;
Reproduction
Location
Reference Library
During the First World War, women's roles and work were revolutionized as they abandoned their traditional occupations and entered previously male dominated industries like railway and public transport, nursing, factory and munitions work.
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
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