The British Women's Auxiliary Sevices and the Second World War

在第二次世界大战期间，大约600,000名妇女被招募到英国的三个妇女辅助部队：辅助领土服务、妇女辅助空军和皇家海军女子服务。这些军种在国内和海外为陆军、英国皇家空军和皇家海军提供广泛的支持，在许多情况下，妇女与男子并肩作战。该项目的目的是写一篇关于第二次世界大战期间三个妇女辅助兵种的研究。内容包括战时妇女服务的组建、组织和招募、培训和选拔、工作、地位和纪律、生活必需品(衣食住行和工资)、医疗事务、休班活动、海外服务、复员和战后常设妇女服务的建立。主要成果是为爱丁堡大学出版社撰写了一本约8万字的专著。这本书将出现在题为《1939-1945战争中的社会》的系列丛书中，我是该系列的总编辑之一。还将有一篇衍生文章。该项目的重要性在于，它是第一个在比较背景下处理所有三个妇女服务的学术研究。

During the Second World War approximately 600,000 women were recruited into the three British women's auxiliary services: the Auxiliary Territorial Service, the Women's Auxiliary Air Force and the Women's Royal Naval Service. These services performed a wide range of functions in support of the army, RAF and Royal Navy, both at home and overseas, and in many cases women served alongside men. The purpose of the project is to write a study of the three women's auxiliary services during the Second World War. The topics covered include the establishment of the wartime women's services, organization and recruitment, training and selection, work, status and discipline, the necessities of life (clothing, accommodation, food, and pay), medical matters, off-duty activities, service overseas, demobilization, and the establishment of the post-war permanent women's services. The major output is a monograph of approximately 80,000 words for Edinburgh University Press. This volume will appear in a series entitled 'Societies at War 1939-1945' of which I am one of the general editors. There will also be one spin-off article. The importance of the project lies in the fact that it is the first scholarly study that deals with all three women's services in comparative context.