The Women's Royal Naval Service: Wrens who served

A VISIT TO THE MUSEUM is an ideal way to put the resources in this pack in context using the Museum's exhibitions and activity workshops. 

The Wrens Exhibition tells the story of the Women's Royal Naval Service from the First World War (1917) until the 1970s.  Artefacts and displays in the exhibition illustrate how women's roles have expanded and diversified in-service until the disbandment of the Wrens and the full assimilation of women into the Royal Navy in the late 1990s.   The wider theme of the changing role of women in the past century and the associated ethical and citizenship questions can be developed using a programme that combines close examination of the Wrens exhibition with a workshop or talk.

Workshops and talks available at the Museum are listed in the Secondary School History and Citizenship Brochure . 

Of particular relevance to this pack are:

• The Role of the Aircraft in WW2 - Presentation - 1 hour
• WW2 Artefacts and Archives

Useful external links with resources for this pack:

• Sea Your History at http://www.seayourhistory.org.uk/ has a selection of images and information about the Wrens.
• The Wrens Association at www.wrens.org.uk 
• Bournemouth University Oral History Unit is no longer operational (Autumn 2009) but their recordings of four Wrens and women from the other services are available on their website: www.histru.bournemouth.ac.uk