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Description: | Edmund Dulac 17
image: Three women stand hand in hand, each dressed in a different uniform illustrating the variety of roles women have in
wartime. From left to right there is a member of the Land Army, a nurse, and a munitions worker. In the background are more women workers.
'The Sisters' presents the new realities of the status of women in the First World War. Nursing was an acceptable
profession for upper and middle class women but here the munitions worker and the land girl are given equal standing. 'The Sisters' might
appear to be in the long tradition of representing The Three Graces, the classical embodiments of beauty, gentleness and friendship. Here,
however, the women are portrayed in their uniforms, indicating the importance of their professional skills and the measure of the impact of
pre-war social change even though their roles are limited to serving the military.
Optimised | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | British Home Front 1914-1918 women / womens work Women's Land Army munitions / manufacture medical / convalescence UK Home Front Uniforms agriculture / food First World War British Red Cross Society civilian effort | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Dulac, Edmund | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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