... Economy Campaigns and supervised the newly formed women's armed services. The majority of upper or middle class women were involved with the Land Army but the working classes were thought to lack the moral fibre needed for farm life. Women were expected to do a wide variety of jobs such as ploughing, planting and harvesting as well as looking after the animals. Some women joined the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps (WAACS), the Women's Royal Navy Service (WRENS) or the Women's Royal Air Force (WRAFS). These women generally worked in a supportive capacity as drivers, typists, telephonists and shopkeepers but some did receive training and some WRAFS did work as carpenters or welders to work on aeroplanes. A number of upper class women also joined the Voluntary Aid Attachments (VADS), to nurse injured soldiers at home and on the home front. Working class women already needed to work but the war ...

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