Women During the First World War

Use this sheet to do some research on some of the women who made significant contributions in the First World War.

Name Dates Job Significant Contribution Any other interesting

(Including any important dates) information?
Was a British nurse during the First World War and by Best known for: Her work as a
Date of birth
nurse and nurse in the First World War —
December 4, 1914, Cavell was responsible for managing nursing
governess and for being sentenced to
1865/ students in three hosipals
death for helping Allied soldiers
Edith Cavell
Date of death
escape German territory.
October 12,
1915

Founder of Scottish Womens' Hospital in 1914.

Date of birth: The first woman to hold the
Doctor,
16 August Serbian Order of the White
surgeon,
1864, Date of Eagle. She fundraised the
teacher
death: 26
Dr Elsie Inglis
equivalent of almost £50
November 1917 million pounds in the first
months of WW1

US Navy named another ship

Military Nurse - Lenah Higbee joined nurse corps in October 1908
18 May under her name: Lenah
1784-10 and grew the Nurse Corps from 160 to over 1300 H.Sutcliffe Higbee (DDG-123)
January nurses. In 1899, she married retired
Lenah Higbee 1941 - She is the first woman to receive the Navy Cross (in
1920).
Marine Corps Lieutenant
Colonel John H. Higbee.
-USS Higbee (DD-806). This is the first ship named
after a female member of the US Navy, named after
Higbee.

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 Significant Contribution Any other interesting
Name Dates Job
(Including any important dates) information?
22 January Serbian Army She later became a novelist
1876 and wrote dozen spy novel
– 24 - She is the first woman to receive the Navy Cross (in
November 1920).serbian army
Florah Sandes 1956

28 October Belgium Spy She later became a novelist

1892 – 8 - She is the first woman to receive the Navy Cross (in 1920). and wrote dozen spy novel
Marthe
January
1966
Cnockaert

Worked as a When WW1 broke out in 1914, she founded the Was part of WSPU and was
nurse in Serbia. Women's Emergency Corps. involved in some protests.
Born: 9/8/1867
Evelina Haverfield Died 21/3/1920 Volunteered as a hospital administrator in the Arrested after WSPU
Scottish Women's Hospitals demonstrations in 1910
after assaulting a police
officer.

21 January Prominent During the First World War, she served in the Women's
Army Auxiliary Corps and then as Commandant of the
Dame Helen 1879- 26
August 1976
English
botanist and Women's Royal Air Force (WRAF) from 1918 to 1919. WRAF
Charlotte Isabella mycologist
Gwynne-Vaughan

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