BRITISH RAILWAY WOMEN IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR

Nearly 200,000 railwaymen joined the armed forces and their jobs were opened "for the duration" to women, who inundated the companies with applications. At one time in mid-1918, there were 65,887 women employed on railways.

STATION STAFF	TICKET COLLECTORS	STATIONMISTRESSES	GOODS PORTERS	MAINTENANCE WORKERS
WORKSHOP STAFF	GUARDS & SIGNALWOMEN	TRAIN CLEANERS	PAINTERS	LIST OF JOBS PERFORMED

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