Campaign to commemorate life of executed British WW1 nurse Edith Cavell with a Royal Mint coin

Shot by a German firing squad for helping hundreds of allied soldiers flee Belgium.

24 February 2014

8 minutes

This clip is from

Woman's Hour—Edith Cavell; Part-time working men; Women and blindness; Children's Emergency Rescue

WW1: Women and the War—Woman's Hour
Across WW1’s centenary year, Woman's Hour looks at the war’s impact on women’s lives.

Misconceptions surrounding blindness
Duration: 01:39

Is the workplace ageist towards women?
Duration: 06:20
Are women really settling for ‘subpar’ relationships?
Duration: 01:04
Brain fog: ‘I felt like this was a massive failure. I was embarrassed’
Duration: 01:29
Parent and baby walking group: ‘It’s like reconnecting with your identity'
Duration: 01:50