For others, especially factory workers and motor corps drivers, the change from traditional female garb to uniforms was simply a matter of practicality-women needed to wear clothes that were less restricting but still respectable, so uniforms modeled on military styles were a perfect option. For women attached to the armed forces, such as the Navy's Yeomen (F), uniforms were part and parcel of military life. The motivations behind the adoption of uniforms and their specific styles are varied. Other influences included Allied women’s uniforms and women's civilian dress in the United States. The design of these uniforms was influenced greatly by men's military uniforms, American and Allied, as evidenced by the strikingly military style of the women's uniforms. These uniforms could be handmade or store-bought. Women's uniforms of World War I fall into three main categories: suits (including jacket and skirt), breeches or overalls, and dresses and aprons. Whether attached to the military or to voluntary organizations, working in factories, on farms, or filling in other occupations as men left for overseas service, women wore uniforms. What is so striking about the uniforming of American women during World War I is that it occurred in all parts of women's war efforts. The Great War saw tens of thousands of women, American and otherwise, don uniforms to take on their war work. Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, African Art.
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