20 Why Married Women (AS WELL AS SINGLE) are asked to volunteer for the Services THE Government is asking every married woman, who has no young children and is not doing vital work, to volunteer for the ATS or WAAF. Some people wonder why. "Why married women? Why not the single girls?" they ask. The reason is simple. Here it is :— Of the women aged 18 to 43 in this country, only four out of ten are single. These single girls, as you know, were the first to be called upon for the war industries and the Services.
- Collection ID
- HATOM
- Document Reference
- HATOM/5/16
- Document Types
- Ephemera
- File Reference
- HATOM/5
- Identifier
- 10.1080/wtss.hatom.000005.016
- Keywords
- Anti-aircraft Defences Barrage Balloons Cars Civil Defence Civil Defence Training Drivers Employment Engineering Family Female Labour Motor Vehicles Recruitment Volunteers Wages Wives
- Language
- English
- Organizations Discussed
- Auxiliary Territorial Service British Army Royal Air Force Women's Auxiliary Air Force
- Pages
- 1
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Industry Infrastructure Military Activity Home Defence Labour Supply Relations Wages Cost of Living
