Women During the First World War
Use this sheet to do some research on some of the women who made significant contributions in the First World War.
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Edith Cavell
Dr Elsie Inglis
Lenah Higbee
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Florah Sandes
Marthe Cnockaert
Evelina Haverfield
Dame Helen Charlotte Isabella Gwynne-Vaughan
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She treated soldiers from both sides and helped allied soldiers escape. There is a statue near Trafalgar Square Edith Cavell 1865-1915 Nurse She was found out, arrested and sentenced to death in October 1915. in memory of her.
The first hospital was in Serbia where Doctor and She established the Scottish Women’s Hospital Unit in 1914, which Dr Elsie Inglis 1864-1917 she worked and spent time as a suffragist operated many hospitals from France to the Balkans. prisoner of war.
From New York, she started the US Navy Nurse Corps. She was the She was the first women to receive chief nurse and travelled around the world with them. the Navy Cross – the highest honour in Lenah Higbee 1874-1941 Chief Naval Nurse the navy and also was the first woman She lost an arm in 1917 and continued to do operations one-armed member to have a war ship named after that. after her.
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She started out as a St. John’s Ambulance Volunteer. After joining the She was the daughter of a clergyman Flora Sandes 1876-1956 Soldier Serbian army, she was the only British woman to serve in the trenches. and once shot a man in self-defence.
Marthe She was from Belgium but spied for the allied forces in the First World She became a write and wrote 1892-1966 Spy War. She was awarded French, British and Belgium honours for her Cnockaert work as a spy. 17 spy books.
Her picture was on a 2015 Serbian stamp Suffragette and Aid She worked as a nurse in Serbia. She started the Women’s Emergency Evelina Haverfield 1867-1920 to commemorate her contributions in worker Corps and after the war worked to look after Serbian orphans. the First World War.
She was Commandant of the Women’s Dame Helen She helped create and was Controller of the Women’s Army Auxiliary Royal Air Force (WRAF) after the war Botanistand Corps (WAAC) in France. Charlotte Isabella 1879 – 1967 and was made a Dame of the British Mycologist In 1918: First woman to receive a military Commander of the Most Empire (DBE) for her contribution to the Gwynne-Vaughan Excellent Order of the British Empire. First World War.
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