Жіночі волонтерські організації під час Великої війни у Великій Британії

Abstract

The article attempts to investigate the activities of women's volunteer organizations during the Great War in Great Britain. The article is based on research by European authors and materials from the British Red Cross. The volunteer activities of organizations that provided assistance to soldiers and the participation of women in these organizations are analyzed. The women's experience that was gained as a result of volunteer activities is also represented. During the First World War, the British Red Cross employed over 90,000 volunteers. Known as the Voluntary Aid Detachments (VADs), they played a vital role in providing humanitarian aid to naval and military forces during the war.Based on memoirs and recollections, the individual stories of the nurses who volunteered for the VAD are explored. A large number of British VAD nurses worked on various fronts and abroad, helping wounded soldiers and making a huge contribution to victory. The Women’s Liberal Association helped the Red Cross make things like socks and blankets for the wounded. They set up rest rooms and improved the general welfare of soldiers. A striking example is that these organisations helped raise funds for an ambulance that was sent to the front as a Christmas present. That is why volunteering gave women the opportunity to be useful in a society that needed them. This topic is relevant for modern Ukraine, since it is now important for us to study, analyze and adopt the volunteer experience of other countries, to improve the activities of volunteer organizations. The research methodology is based on the principles of historicism, objectivity. The method of gender analysis, general scientific methods (synthesis, analysis, generalization) were used.