Constance "Connie" Wright, a member of the WANS, tests materials for gas respirator containers in ...

Accession Number P00784.155
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Place made Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Maribyrnong
Date made c 1942-1944
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Constance "Connie" Wright, a member of the WANS, tests materials for gas respirator containers in a Munitions Supply Laboratory. In these laboratories a large proportion of the general research and experimental work was carried out by women. (This image appears on page 199 of the album presented to Dr Edith Summerskill housed in the AWM Archive Store)