Women's Legion was a British charitable organisation created in 1915 by

Edith Vane-Tempest-Stewart Edith Helen Vane-Tempest-Stewart, Marchioness of Londonderry, DBE (''née'' Chaplin; 3 December 1878 – 23 April 1959) was a noted and influential society hostess in the United Kingdom between World War I and World War II, a friend of the ...

, the Marchioness of Londonderry. Its first general secretary (to 1918) was Rose Bradley, daughter of

George Granville Bradley George Granville Bradley (11 December 1821 – 13 March 1903) was an English divine, scholar, and schoolteacher, who was Dean of Westminster (1881–1902). Life Bradley was a son of the preacher Charles Bradley (1789–1871), vicar of Glasb ...

, Dean of Westminster. It comprised volunteers who wore military-style uniforms and took on various duties within agriculture, canteen, cookery and motor transport sections. More than 40,000 women joined its forces. In 1925 the

Five Sisters window York Minster, York Minster's Five Sisters window contains the largest expanse of 13th century grisaille glass in the world. It was built c.1250–1260 and is located in the north wall of the north transept of York Minster. The window features in ...

York Minster York Minster, formally the Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Saint Peter in York, is an Anglicanism, Anglican cathedral in the city of York, North Yorkshire, England. The minster is the seat of the archbishop of York, the second-highest of ...

was rededicated to the 1,513 women who died in the line of service during WWI, including six women of the Women's Legion Motor Transport section.

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