At the outbreak of World War One around a million workers - mostly women - flocked to jobs in munitions factories such as Nobel's TNT plant in Pembrey. The pay and hours were better than in ...

Far away from the frontline, many of World War One's victims were women. Wives, girlfriends, mothers and sisters of troops often found themselves in high risk jobs at munitions factories, which ...

THE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION that Irish women made during World War 1 is highlighted in a new exhibition. It shows how thousands of Irish women worked in bomb making factories here in Ireland.

World War I. Lifestyle. World War One: The heroines who kept the country running. Women became firefighters, police officers, postal workers and tram drivers. coventrytelegraph. Bookmark.

At the outbreak of World War One around a million workers - mostly women - flocked to jobs in munitions factories such as Nobel's TNT plant in Pembrey. The pay and hours were better than in ...