Working for Victory?: Images of Women in the First World War
By Unknown Author.
Description
Women "kept the home fires burning" while their men went off to war. This is the usual image of the part played by women in World War I. It is very far from the truth. As this book shows, the truth was that many women showed themselves capable of undertaking many roles hitherto the sole prerogative of men, a position accepted during the emergency of war but quickly `righted' once peace was restored and women were displaced by the returning heroes. Diana Condell and Jean Liddiard have selected more than 150 superb contemporary photos and these unique pictures with extended cap...
ISBN(s)
041505415X, 9780415054157
