{"id":352,"date":"2017-03-08T13:35:18","date_gmt":"2017-03-08T13:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.dorsetforyou.gov.uk\/dorset-history-centre-blog\/?p=352"},"modified":"2018-05-09T15:27:26","modified_gmt":"2018-05-09T15:27:26","slug":"women-in-the-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/dorset-history-centre-blog\/2017\/03\/08\/women-in-the-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Women in the war"},"content":{"rendered":"

Women played an important role in Dorset during the First World War.<\/p>\n

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Dorset History Centre holds an\u00a0information booklet issued by the War Office to local officials in September 1916. It aimed to demonstrate that women had successfully taken on jobs formerly occupied by men, and thus encourage the release of additional male workers into the armed forces.<\/p>\n

As well as a detailed listing of the types of work women were now undertaking, the booklet is also illustrated with a number of photographs, some of which are shown here, including:<\/p>\n