Youngest Woman Billeting Officer

1940 , Huntingdon (Cambridgeshire)

Cat no. 810

A newsreel item following a young, female billeting officer in her attempts to house evacuees.

Mrs Barbara Meadows, aged 19, hopes to succeed where 17 male predecessors have failed - by persuading the people of Huntingdon to take in evacuees. The young billeting officer calls at a house, and then explains to camera what providing this type of accommodation involves. She emphasises that she is not afraid to use 'compulsion'.

Keywords

Billeting; Evacuees; Gender roles; World War II; Women workers

Production company : British Pathe

Issue number 40/101

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Youngest Woman Billeting Officer

Identification Notes: Issue number 40/101

Category: Non-fiction
Genre: Newsreel
Locations: Huntingdon (Cambridgeshire)
Work Type: Film
Description Type: monographic
Related to: Pathe Gazette
Subject: evacuees / women / billeting (evacuees) / Barbara Meadows

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