Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 103, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 May 1918 — English Women In War. [ARTICLE]

English Women In War.

When the war began, England had only a little army. Many Englishmen had never seen a soldier. A new army of 5,000,000, drawn from civilian ranks, had to be raised, trained, armed, clothed, fed and equipped with all the supplies demanded by a war which has turned every scientific invention to the work of destruction. This necessitated that the women fill the necessary places men had formerly occupied and also engage In the new Industries war requirements caused to spring into existence. Lord Northellffe says that the women have done this work, in the main, exactly as well as the men. They have entirely displaced the men in the operation of elevators, as clerks in stores, banks, and insurance offices and as drummers. In their enthusiasm the women attempted tasks beyond their physical strength: but this was gradually corrected. The fact that England has been able to maintain its credit and keep its exports at practically the prewar figures Lord Northellffe unhesitatingly ascribes to the wort: of the women.