Organisations
Many women wanted to help the war in some way, they made and joined organisations to help raise funds for the war or help raise money for families that were suffering financially because of the war. Other Women started organisations for people who were anti-war.
Red Cross
The red cross was set up in 1863 to help people of suffering during wars. More volunteers were needed to help in WW1 so many women joined the red cross as nurses or just as helpers on the battlefields and recovery homes set up for soldiers. Many women volunteer for red cross by making socks and other clothes like the poster shows, they also raised funds so the red cross could sent food and medicene to the solider.
click to watch video http://aso.gov.au/titles/historical/red-cross-first-world-war/clip1/
The red cross was set up in 1863 to help people of suffering during wars. More volunteers were needed to help in WW1 so many women joined the red cross as nurses or just as helpers on the battlefields and recovery homes set up for soldiers. Many women volunteer for red cross by making socks and other clothes like the poster shows, they also raised funds so the red cross could sent food and medicene to the solider.
click to watch video http://aso.gov.au/titles/historical/red-cross-first-world-war/clip1/
Women's Land Army
Farming was a mens job but when all the men and farmers went to war the goverment expected women to do the farming work because they desperately needed foods and other goods. So the women's land army was created. The women did all the farming jobs and their wage was £1 12 pence a week. They worked 50 hours in the summer and 48 hours in the winter. A normal week was five and a half days with Saturday afternoon and Sunday off. In 1917 there were over 260,000 women working as farmers.
Farming was a mens job but when all the men and farmers went to war the goverment expected women to do the farming work because they desperately needed foods and other goods. So the women's land army was created. The women did all the farming jobs and their wage was £1 12 pence a week. They worked 50 hours in the summer and 48 hours in the winter. A normal week was five and a half days with Saturday afternoon and Sunday off. In 1917 there were over 260,000 women working as farmers.
Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps (QMAAC)
Orginally known as the women's auxiliary corps. Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps set up by the government in 1918 and was disbanded in 1920. The government set up this organisation because too many men were had 'soft jobs' so they made women replace the mens jobs so that then the men could be sent to war. Over 57,000 women voluteered for QMAAC between January 1917 and November 1918. Some of the volunteers where sent to the battlefields in France on the 31st of March 1917. Member's had to exercise every day and had strict uniforms. Members served as waitresses, cooks, clerks, telephonists, and as and taught people how to use gas masks.
See more information at http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Wwaac.htm
Orginally known as the women's auxiliary corps. Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps set up by the government in 1918 and was disbanded in 1920. The government set up this organisation because too many men were had 'soft jobs' so they made women replace the mens jobs so that then the men could be sent to war. Over 57,000 women voluteered for QMAAC between January 1917 and November 1918. Some of the volunteers where sent to the battlefields in France on the 31st of March 1917. Member's had to exercise every day and had strict uniforms. Members served as waitresses, cooks, clerks, telephonists, and as and taught people how to use gas masks.
See more information at http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Wwaac.htm
the Voluntary Aid Detachment (V.A.D)
The voluntary aid detachment was established in 1909 with an aim to provide medical
aid in war. There were 74,000 V.A.D's in 1914 (over 2,500 of them were in Britain) two-thirds of the volunteers were women and girls. At first V.A.D's were not permitted to go on the front line but all that change in 1915 women volunteer that were over 23 qnd had more than 3 months experience were allowed to go to Gallipoli, Mesopotamia and thr Western front and then later they were allowed to go to the Eastern front. Women did not only work as nurses in the voluntary aid detachment by as cooks, clerks, lundresses,ward maids and ambulance drivers.
The voluntary aid detachment was established in 1909 with an aim to provide medical
aid in war. There were 74,000 V.A.D's in 1914 (over 2,500 of them were in Britain) two-thirds of the volunteers were women and girls. At first V.A.D's were not permitted to go on the front line but all that change in 1915 women volunteer that were over 23 qnd had more than 3 months experience were allowed to go to Gallipoli, Mesopotamia and thr Western front and then later they were allowed to go to the Eastern front. Women did not only work as nurses in the voluntary aid detachment by as cooks, clerks, lundresses,ward maids and ambulance drivers.
There were many other organisations that women served in such as the Country Women's Association, the Women's Christian Temperance Union, the Australian Women's National League, the Australian Comforts Fund, the Cheer-Up Society and the Australian Women’s Service Corps, and the Women’s Peace Army.