they were nurses and cooks
Women who traveled with armies used to provide many "homefront" services. For example, they would help cook meals, care for the wounded, and repair uniforms.
Women who traveled with armies used to provide many "homefront" services. For example, they would help cook meals, care for the wounded, and repair uniforms.
Womens Army Corp
No, but there were women with the Roman Army. Officers, centurions, and some soldiers were allowed to marry, and there were also women who stayed in the army camps and followed them on the march.... for various reasons.
Women in the Army are referred to as "WACs," which stands for Women's Army Corps. In the Coast Guard, they were known as "SPARs," an acronym derived from "Semper Paratus, Always Ready." The SPARs were the women's reserve of the Coast Guard during World War II, allowing women to serve in various support roles. Today, women serve in all branches of the military, including the Army and Coast Guard, without specific designations based on gender.
Women's Army Corps ended in 1978.
Women's Army Corps was created in 1942.
The Women's Army Corps.
The English term for civilians who traveled with the Roman army is "campfollowers". In Latin a follower would be "sectator".
Some women went to the countryside ,similarly with their children, to work on farms. This was known as the women's land army.
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