International Women’s Day: View From the Nest

International Women’s Day: View From the Nest

08 Mar 25
Posted by: Snapdragon
18 minutes, 32 seconds read
Message from the Editor

This article, originally published in 1988 for the NR’s 75th anniversary, examined the then current state of the Women’s Royal Naval Service (WRNS) during a transformative time for women serving in the RN. Reproduced here from the NR’s archives for International Women’s Day. A 20 minute read.

Two years ago I was talking to one of my colleagues over lunch when The Naval Review cropped up in his conversation. As I am not an avid reader of the ‘Societies, Institutions and Charities Index’ part of the Navy List, I probed further and was told its aim and given the promise of a copy to look at, but only as long as I did not allow it to pass into ‘unauthorised hands’. As a technique for stirring interest it could not have been bettered and I duly received the promised copy and thereafter subscribed. Shortly after I received the issue in which my name appeared, a co…

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