[3] The CCEW consisted mainly of Dublin women's suffrage campaigners,[3] with its aim being as a central advisory committee to the localised branches.
[3] Many professional nurses volunteered themselves for the war effort, whilst non-professionals helped with sewing and making bandages.
[5] Over the course of the war, 1,400 women worked in state-owned munitions factories in Dublin, Waterford, Cork and Galway.
[5] A toy-making factory was set up in Dawson Street, Dublin, to replace toys that had previously been made in Germany.
[2] Women in CCEW also sometimes received low wages, and so these workplaces were sometimes referred to as "Queen Mary's Sweatshops".