No job for a woman: insights into the manufacture of explosives and shell filling in First World War by University of Bath published on 2016-01-08T11:42:39Z In response to the shortage of munitions hampering military operations in France, in 1915 the British Government embarked on a programme of factory building unparalleled in history. This talk explores the construction of the major explosives and shell filling factories, the conditions within and the part played by "Tommy's Sisters" in their operation. Genre women