The women of the Dominion of Newfoundland played an important, but lesser known role in service in World War One. Although work on the home front, through the Women’s Patriotic Association and nursing contributions have been written about, there is a wider contribution, and their stories should be told. Newfoundland and Labrador women served in the nursing corps of Great Britain, Canada, France and the United States both as fully trained nurses and as members of the Voluntary Aid Detachment. They served near the front line in Belgium, France, Greece and Malta and in recovery hospitals in Britain, Newfoundland and Canada. Some were ambulance drivers and mechanics others volunteered their time to help fund raising for the forces in the U.K., Canada and Newfoundland and Labrador.

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