The collection that tells the story of women’s work in the First World War
by Richard Moss, 8-02-18
John Lavery, Le Havre 1919, Nurse Billam and Sister Currier © IWM (Art.IWM ART 2892)
Museum Crush explores the Imperial War Museum’s Women’s Work Collection, charting the role of women during the First World War, with IWM librarian Sarah Paterson
The Imperial War Museum is marking the final year of the centenary of the end of the First World War in 1918 – and the year that saw some women finally granted the vote in Britain – with a timely exploration of women’s working lives during the First World War.
WomensWork100 is a series of partnerships, public events, film screenings and a vibrant public-facing digital programme that takes its name from the museum’s Women’s Work Collection, the creation of which is closely linked with the establishment of IWM itself in 1917.
https://museumcrush.org/womenswork100-inside-imperial-war-museums-womens-work-collection/
