Book contents
- Sisters in Arms
- Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare
- Sisters in Arms
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Prologue
- 1 Revival
- 2 Organisation and Recruitment
- 3 Training and Selection
- 4 Work
- 5 Status and Discipline
- 6 Necessities of Life
- 7 Medical Matters
- 8 Off Duty
- 9 Overseas Service
- 10 Demobilisation and the Creation of the Permanent Women’s Services
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Appendix
- Bibliography
- Index
2 - Organisation and Recruitment
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 31 August 2020
Book contents
- Sisters in Arms
- Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare
- Sisters in Arms
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Prologue
- 1 Revival
- 2 Organisation and Recruitment
- 3 Training and Selection
- 4 Work
- 5 Status and Discipline
- 6 Necessities of Life
- 7 Medical Matters
- 8 Off Duty
- 9 Overseas Service
- 10 Demobilisation and the Creation of the Permanent Women’s Services
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Appendix
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This chapter begins with an overview of the wartime organisation of the WAAF, WRNS and ATS. It then moves on to a discussion of voluntary recruitment for these forces and the decision to introduce military conscription for women in 1941. It concludes with the findings of a government committee set up in 1942 under Violet Markham to inquire into the amenities and welfare conditions in the three women’s services. The committee also investigated rumours of immorality that plagued these forces (and the ATS in particular).
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- Sisters in ArmsWomen in the British Armed Forces during the Second World War, pp. 25 - 42Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020