Examples of use of WRNS
1. His wedding in 1'44 with Joan Law, then a WRNS wireless operator, was skilfully arranged in a brief interval during preparations for D–day.
2. I strongly refute the suggestion which has, unreasonably, been made during the course of staffing [early planning discussions], that WRNS personnel should be employed in warships in peacetime but withdrawn and replaced by men at the onset of war.
3. But the memo, Employment of WRNS [Womens Royal Naval Service] personnel in the Royal Navy, acknowleged that the changes would have the benefit of improving the scope for the equality of opportunity and contribution for women.
4. The team has encountered emotive reactions across the board, some stemming from attitudes about the changing role of women, some anxiety about mixed–manning afloat and some from prejudice about the nature of the WRNS.
5. Such an arrangement would seriously undermine the credibility of the WRNS at sea who would be seen by the men, and feel it themselves, to be fair weather sailors.