Speaking to the women who controlled four out of every five dollars spent in Canada, Charlotte Whitton explained inflation, price controls, and the power that women could exercise to help with the war.
Wren Writer M. McDonald of the Women’s Royal Canadian Naval Service (W.R.C.N.S.) working in the navigation library at H.M.C.S. KINGS, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, 3 March 1943.
Wren Writer M. McDonald of the Women’s Royal Canadian Naval Service (W.R.C.N.S.) arranging navigation books in the library at H.M.C.S. KINGS, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, 3 March 1943.
Wren Gibbs (centre) of the Women’s Royal Canadian Naval Service (W.R.C.N.S.) delivering a message to the minesweeper H.M.C.S. ESQUIMALT, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, 2 February 1943.
Leading Wren Ruth Church, Women’s Royal Canadian Naval Service (W.R.C.N.S.) delivering a supply of library books to Able Seaman Bill Swetman of H.M.C.S. PETROLIA, Londonderry, Northern Ireland, November 1944.
Leading Wren Evelyn Kerr (right) of the Women’s Royal Canadian Naval Service (W.R.C.N.S.) interviewing British wives of Canadian sailors, Canadian Wives Bureau, London, England, 30 November 1944.
(L-R at left): Mrs. W.H. Stubbert, Mrs. A.D. Ramsey…
Personnel of the Women’s Royal Canadian Naval Service (W.R.C.N.S.) washing a bus at H.M.C.S. CONESTOGA, Galt, Ontario, Canada, July 1943.
(L-R): Wrens C.E. Brown, F.M. Thompson and Zee Caudwell.
Personnel of the Women’s Royal Canadian Naval Service (W.R.C.N.S.) sorting mail at the Fleet Mail Office, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, 3 March 1943.
(L-R): Wrens F.A. Padgett, R.K. Dwyer and M.S. Macdonald.