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Unfortunately sometimes things only get better when someone important comes

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Unfortunately sometimes things only get better when someone important comes

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The fact that things improved when Princess Royal visited the ATS's training camp in Edinburgh, has reminded me of an anecdote I was told: nowadays when the King of Morocco goes to visit a place, they improve it days before. Another thing that luckily sounds comical nowadays is that they allowed married women  to return before in orderto have the house ready for their men.

Juan V.

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Women working in the ATS seemed to be the lowest considered (poor and promiscous), in spite of the great range of services they provided. The Austrian woman who tells about her experience in the book recognizes that they were badly paid, 11 shilling a week, "we were very poor in the army" (page 12) and that  the best educated women were taken in the WWAF. That is to say, social and cultural inequalities also determined women's work during the war.
On the other hand, she denies the ATS  stereotype of being promiscous.
Trini M.

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The women in the ATS began doing a more basic work but due to later needs they also did the same jobs as men did except fighting and shooting weapons. However, they were paid less money and were given less food. In spite of that, their contribution to the war was essential.
Vicente E.

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I was strongly affected by the Austrian girl' s story. She wasn't allowed to join the WAAF and she just did catering or worked as domestic help without having a day off. However, getting to England was like heaven for her.
Victoria L.

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War work allowed women to access a kind of female empowerment. It was an absolutely revolutionary moment.
On the other hand, as it happens today, men and women weren't considered as equals. So in XXI century we still have a way to go.
Alberto S.

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This area of work is as surprising as the others but not as well known. Once again, one doubts a woman's ability. They were not allowed to use weapons even though they were on an equal footing with a man both in abilities and mentally.

Irene T.

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After reading about this corp I am struck by the fact that women came to participate in almost all tasks of war except those related to the use of weapons in direct attacks. I imagine that it is due to the lack of training rather than the lack of capacity.

D. Serrano

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Married women were allowed to come back home before singles and men, in order to get their homes ready for when their husbands returned from the front. I deeply wish that the reason was something lovelier than getting their homes ready.
Elena L.

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This corp was formed by Austrian, Scottish and Irish girls. They cooked, drove and served the soldiers. Despite their necessary contribution, they were not well considered  and they were not allowed to mix with other more elitist women.
Curra L.

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Queen Elizabeth II was in World War II and Buckingham Palace was hit by nine bombs.

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Queen Elizabeth II was in World War II and Buckingham Palace was hit by nine bombs.

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Mario C

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A British Government Announcement to recruit  women to A.T.S., demanded: "personal integrity, good intelligence and  willingness to maintain a high standard of efficiency." (1) After reading the life stories of women such as Mrs. Crane, Bridget, Valerie, Paula etc. I think that they had all the requirements that the A.T.S. needed.

The A.T.S. work certainly made many women independent for the first time, they could earn their own money and spend it as they wished. They gained more freedom.
(1) p. 12.
ANA Mo.R.

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I´m really surprised with that work because they were an easy target for the enemy. Women couldn't manage guns, which means that they didn't have real protection. The sentence we can read in the page about this topic shows how dangerous it was to work for the ATS: “If you joined the ATS, you were a woman of stern stuff"

CARLOS T.

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In the A. T. S., women did the same military training as men. Despite this, women weren’t usually nominated for medals. In addition, they received less pay and fewer rations than men.

I think they weren’t sufficiently valued and that they gave much more to the war than they received. (page 12)
Ángeles R.

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The women that worked at the A.T.S. did a very important job, they were vital for healthy issues in the war. As one poster says, the more women, the better.

Ana M. de H.

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They had to do hundreds of vital jobs, from cooking to driving large trucks, so men could do other duties. This was a great opportunity for women to show that they could be independent in spite of the fact that their wages were lower than men's.

Celia T.

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‘They can’t get on without us’ This slogan shows the subtle way of advertising they used for recruitment young women. The girl in the photo looks confident and complete.

José A. B.P.

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I think that the role of women in the ATS has not been as valued as in the rest of services in the war. They did not receive medals or honours like men, and they couldn't continue with the work they did during the war.
Pedro C.

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After war, everything returns to its place

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After war, everything returns to its place

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I think it is a pity that no one took into account all that women had learned, as well as the experience gained. I don't understand why women couldn't keep the trades learned once the war is over, if they wished.

Eva MB

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Government Announcement to Women.
Ministry of Labour and National Service.
"There must no longer be any doubt in anybody's mind that every available woman in Britain will have to serve to win this war."
" Thousands of volunteers are needed at this moment in the A.T.S. for work that cannot wait." ( Book: "what did you do in the war, mum? pág 12)
Loli R.

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I am interested in the poster with the slogan: “they cannot get on without us”. It is a surprising way to attract women to participate in the war, with a tank and soldiers behind a smiling young girl. Without a doubt, it is an incredible contrast.
Leli S

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I find interesting the fact that, although women were fighting in the same side of the war, there were differences between them according to the corp where they were working.  For instance, serveing in ATS was not well considered by local people for a "good" girl. They had a bad reputation, maybe because most of them were not British.  At the same time,  British women were jealous of the foreign ones because they were preferred by men for having fun.

Isabel G.

Well, most of them were British, but it's true that if you were a foreigner, you could only serve at the A.T.S.

Marta

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I was surprised to learn that letters between soldiers and wives were read and recorded in the record offices. (Book: "What did you do in the war, mum?", page 25)
Montse S.
I'd like to point out that this happened during the First World War.
Marta

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CHALLENGE #1 What kind of work did the Austrian contributor do at the ATS?

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CHALLENGE #1 What kind of work did the Austrian contributor do at the ATS?

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She did catering. In the driver's training camp she was in the kitchen serving. It was the only thing she was allowed to do as she was not English.
Katherine V.

As she came from Austria and was not English, the only think she was allowed to do was catering. She was in the driver's training camp where they had three thousandsboys. She was in the kitchen serving.
Susana R.

She wanted to do something to help against Hitler but she never had a chance to join the WAAF, because she wasn't English, so she just did catering at the A.T.S. because that's all she was allowed to do.
Belén M.

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It is surprising that the women belonging to the ATS received the same training as men, although it was not considered at any time that these women should be trained to use fire guns.
From my point of view, it is delirious that the government considered these women were able to detect an enemy plane on a radar but  they weren't able to  overthrow it. Noelia G.

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I suppose Princess Elizabeth did a great job when she was a driver for the Second Subaltern Windsor Unit.
Toñi N.