About the Collection
This exhibition brings together photographs of women in shipbuilding and marine engineering in North East England in the First World War.
The portrait collection 'The Shipbuilding Industry in Britain 1914-1918' was captured by photographer Horace Nicholls, and is now housed in the Imperial War Museum Photograph Archive Collection. The exhibition also features aerial photographs from the Historic England Archive. The shots used were taken in the 1920s and 1930s, showing the shipyards and their surrounding communities alongside coal staithes and other quays and docks.
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A Wide Initiative
This showcase is part of a partnership led by Historic England and generously supported by the Lloyds Register Foundation. It is part of the wider transformative endeavour of the Rewriting Women into Maritime History initiative, which aims to change perceptions on the historic role of women in shipping and showcase female involvement in the maritime industry.
Follow the link below to see all project partners and to explore a full gallery of these collections.
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Share Your Memories
We hope the exhibition will encourage people to help tell the story of these women and others like them by sharing their own photographs, stories and memorabilia. If you have stories or would like to get in touch, please email via the link below. © IWM Q 20087
