Women at Work

[Women in uniform marching in a military parade along Burrard Street] - Oct 1942.

CVA 1184-1397 "When the WRCNS was disbanded in August 1946, almost 7000 women had served in a variety of trades fulfilling various wartime needs of the RCN.61 Regardless of the tasks they preformed, from cooks and laundresses to recruiters and officers, the Wrens contributed valuable service to the navy and to the nation. " http://www.journal.dnd.ca/vo9/no2/10-plows-eng.asphttp://www.journal.dnd.ca/vo9/no2/10-plows-eng.asp