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

在第二次世界大战期间，大约有60万名妇女被招募到英国的三个妇女辅助服务：辅助领土服务，妇女辅助空军和妇女皇家海军服务。这些服务履行了广泛的职能，在国内和海外支持陆军，皇家空军和皇家海军，在许多情况下，妇女与男子一起服役。该项目的目的是编写一份关于第二次世界大战期间三个妇女辅助部队的研究报告。所涉及的主题包括战时妇女服务的建立、组织和招募、培训和选拔、工作、地位和纪律、生活必需品（衣服、住宿、食物和工资）、医疗事项、下班后的活动、海外服务、复员以及战后常设妇女服务的建立。主要产出是爱丁堡大学出版社出版的一本约80 000字的专著。本卷将出现在一系列题为“社会在战争1939年至1945年”，其中我是总编辑之一。也会有一篇文章。该项目的重要性在于，它是第一个在比较的背景下处理所有三种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.