Women In the Forces

         Many Women in WWII joined the Canadian forces to stand in the stead of men who were moved from desk jobs into combat positions, and otherwise just to provide more fuel for the war driven fire as workers. Women took jobs as clerks, cooks, writers, drivers, mechanics, and many other positions while in the Canadian forces. Forces such as the Canadian Women's Army Corps (CWAC), Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service (WRCNS, or WRENS), and the Royal Canadian Air Force Women's Division (RCAF WD). Gender Roles changed, Women were in the forces on a mass scale for the first time.