RAILWAY WOMEN

Railway Women Helena Wojtczak will be celebrating 90 years since the first woman joined the National Union of Railwaymen next month by finishing her new book on women and the rail industry Enid Milnes was a guard at Birmingham New Street during the Second World War. Photo: Courtesy of Enid Milnes. Top inset: Signalwoman Gertrude Richardson. Gertrude worked for a total of 20 years and six months, spread over 39 years (1941- 1980) at three different signalboxes in the north-east. She won an award for dealing with a serious fire at Monk Bretton box. Photo: Courtesy of Fred Richardson. Middle inset: Cover of the publication ‘Votes for Women’ in 1915 Bottom inset: A pointswoman at Marylebone Yard during the First World War, about 1917. ©Imperial War Museum