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The mighty women of World War I

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Nov 12, 2018

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Young women from Lowell in Massachusetts team up to form America's first Women's Death Battalion during World War I.
Women from Lowell in Massachusetts team up to form America’s first Women’s Death Battalion during World War I. Getty Images

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Women Navvies pushing loaded wheel barrows in Coventry.
Women Navvies pushing loaded wheel barrows in Coventry. Getty Images

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A woman munitions worker operating a machine in an armaments factory during World War I.
A woman munitions worker operating a machine in an armaments factory during World War I. Getty Images

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A member of the Women Porters At Marylebone Station Group giving a Great Central Railways carriage a thorough clean.
A member of the Women Porters At Marylebone Station Group giving a Great Central Railways carriage a thorough clean. Getty Images

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A woman munitions worker welds at a work bench in an armaments factory.
A woman munitions worker welds at a work bench in an armaments factory. Getty Images

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A woman at work in an armaments factory.
A woman at work in an armaments factory. Getty Images

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The Newton Square Unit of the Women's Land Army in Pennsylvania.
The Newton Square Unit of the Women’s Land Army in Pennsylvania. Getty Images

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A woman shaping a steel knee splint at the Kensington War Hospital supply depot.
A woman shaping a steel knee splint at the Kensington War Hospital supply depot. Getty Images

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Women making vulcanite rubber boots at the Kensington War Hospital supply depot.
Women making vulcanite rubber boots at the Kensington War Hospital supply depot. Getty Images

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A young woman in an armaments factory in WWI.
A young woman in an armaments factory in WWI. Getty Images

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Women munitions workers in Paris.
Women munitions workers in Paris. Getty Images

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A mechanic reclines under an automobile.
A mechanic reclines under an automobile while performing repairs in 1917. Getty Images

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Princess Victoria, sister of King George V, talking to a woman worker on a drilling machine at the Handley Page Aeroplane works during a royal visit.
Princess Victoria, sister of King George V, talking to a woman worker on a drilling machine at the Handley Page Aeroplane works during a royal visit. Getty Images

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Women war workers march to Buckingham Palace in London.
Women war workers march to Buckingham Palace in London. Getty Images

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Miss D. Milman of the Women's Service League outside 67 Warwick Square.
Miss D. Milman of the Women’s Service League outside 67 Warwick Square. Getty Images

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Members of the Women's Royal Air Force arrive at Buckingham Palace, London, to attend a party for war workers.
Members of the Women’s Royal Air Force arrive at Buckingham Palace, London, to attend a party for war workers. Getty Images

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Women police appointed for duty at a munitions works trying on new boots.
Women police appointed for duty at a munitions works trying on new boots. Getty Images

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A group of nursing volunteers from Ulster, accompanying Irish troops to France, World War I, circa 1916.
A group of nursing volunteers from Ulster, accompanying Irish troops to France, World War I, circa 1916. Getty Images

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Women war workers working in an engineering shop, 1917.
Women war workers working in an engineering shop, 1917. Getty Images

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The Women's Reserve of the British Army National Motor Volunteers being addressed by an officer, October 1916.
The Women’s Reserve of the British Army National Motor Volunteers being addressed by an officer, October 1916. Getty Images

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Two women sweeping the road in Chiswick, London.
Two women sweeping the road in Chiswick, London. Getty Images

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Women workers use a vacuum to clean a railway carriage.
Women workers use a vacuum to clean a railway carriage. SSPL via Getty Images

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A group of women using handkerchiefs and newspapers to wave goodbye to their loved ones circa 1918.
A group of women using handkerchiefs and newspapers to wave goodbye to their loved ones circa 1918. Getty Images

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Two women munitions workers stand beside examples of the shells produced at National Shell Filling Factory.
Two women munitions workers stand beside examples of the shells produced at National Shell Filling Factory. IWM via Getty Images

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A motorcyclist with the Women's Royal Air Force on a Clyno motorcycle combination.
A motorcyclist with the Women’s Royal Air Force on a Clyno motorcycle combination. IWM via Getty Images

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Women At Work During The First World War
A member of the Women’s Forestry Corps. IWM via Getty Images

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A woman parcel truck driver of the Great Eastern Railway Company driving a battery powered rail parcel truck.
A woman parcel truck driver of the Great Eastern Railway Company driving a battery powered rail parcel truck. IWM via Getty Images

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Women’s War Work During The First World War, London, 1918
A emale retort house worker, her face blackened with grime, as she stands in front of the furnaces at the South Metropolitan Gas Company, Old Kent Road, London. IWM via Getty Images

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A striking portrait of Mrs Gladys Barnes, a WRNS motor boat driver, as she sits at the tiller of her boat, the 'BALMACAAN', with her spaniel dog beside her in Southwick, Sussex.
A WRNS motor boat driver, sits at the tiller of her boat, the ‘BALMACAAN’, with her spaniel dog beside her in Southwick, Sussex. IWM via Getty Images

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Women In The First World War, Five ambulance drivers of the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry.
Women In The First World War, Five ambulance drivers of the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry. IWM via Getty Images

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An American nurse wearing her gas mask while working in the trenches near the front.
An American nurse wearing her gas mask while working in the trenches near the front. Getty Images

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Women's Army recruits drilling.
Women’s Army recruits drilling. Getty Images

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