During the Second World War, the women of Tyneside stepped into roles once dominated by men who had been conscripted to fight. They laboured in shipyards, munitions factories, transport, offices, and on the land, keeping the region’s vital industries and communities functioning under the constant threat of air raids. Through organisations such as the Women’s Voluntary Service and under the direction of the Ministry of Labour, Tyneside’s women proved indispensable to the war effort. Their resilie