1) The canaries were a women who worked in what kind of industry during the First World War? a) Farming b) Munitions c) Mining d) Shipping 2) The Army Nursing Service was established when? a) 1884 b) 1893 c) 1901 3) By 1914 how many nurses where employed by the War Office? a) 700 b) 1400 c) 20,000 4) What does VAD stand for? a) Voluntary Aid Division b) Voluntary Assisstance Details c) Voluntary Aid Detachments 5) During the course of the war how many wome volunteered to work as nurses in the VAD? a) 26,000 b) 38,000 c) 42,000 6) Female nurses in the VAD were not allowed near the frontline. a) True b) False 7) FANY stands for what? a) First Aid Nursing Yeomanry b) First Aid Nursing Yeomans 8) The FANYs where mainly women from working class backgrounds. a) True b) False 9) What kind of work did the Women's Auxillery Army Corps do? a) Artillery mechanics b) Clerks, cooks and telephonists. c) Stretcher bearers 10) The WReNS where attached to which force? a) Army b) Navy c) Airforce 11) By joining these organisations gave women access to.... a) previously inaccessiable skills. b) potential husbands. c) the reality of warfare.

Women and the First World War

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