Wonder Woman of the Week: Flora Sandes

Flora Sandes was a trailblazing British woman who defied societal expectations by becoming the only British woman to officially serve as a soldier in World War I. Born on January 22, 1876, in Yorkshire, England, Sandes grew up in a middle-class family and was raised with a sense of independence and adventure. Initially working as a secretary and nurse, she long harbored a desire for a more active, daring life. Her chance came with the outbreak of World War I in 1914, when she traveled to Serbia with a medical unit to help the wounded.