Alan Judd

The call of the Wren

Though women had for centuries nursed and cooked for British sailors, it wasn’t until 1917 that they were officially recruited by the Royal Navy

  • A History of the Royal Navy: Women and the Royal Navy

    Jo Stanley

    I.B. Tauris, pp. 264

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