Picture No | 10822896 |
Date | 1916 |
Description | Students at a school for women chemists, WW1 |
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Women at a London County Council school in Hammersmith, training in chemistry following the acceptance of women dispensers by the Army medical authorities during the First World War. The Great War opened up numerous employment opportunities for women who filled the vacancies left by male workers who had joined up.
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Source | Unattributed photograph in The Sphere, 8 April 1916 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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