WAAC

But for women in the WAAC, it showed their patriotism and devotion to duty, and that they were doing a man’s job.

Most stirring of all, though, are the pictures she did during the second world war under the auspices of the WAAC.

The idea for this audacious mission came from Knight rather than from the WAAC, a fact that tells you a great deal about her: at an age when most artists of her reputation might have been inclined to rest on their laurels – by this time she was very famous indeed – Knight was still questing after challenging new subjects.

Mrs. Hobby had headed the WAAC's preliminary planning program, which included the unhappy task of designing a corps uniform.

And every woman jill of them was a volunteer, who had endured the cheap jokes and poor public reactions of the WAAC's early weeks.