This comparative, interdisciplinary book explores the responses of the women's movement to World War I in all of the major belligerent nations. The contributors cover key topics including women's relationship with the state, women's war service, mothers in wartime, suffrage, peace and the aftermath of war, and women's guilt and responsibility.
This comparative, interdisciplinary book explores the responses of the women's movement to World War I in all of the major belligerent nations. The co...
This volume takes an interdisciplinary approach, taking into account multiple facets of wartime nursing - historical contexts (history of the profession, recruitment, teaching, different national socio-political contexts); popular cultural stereotypes (particularly in propaganda); and longstanding gender norms (woman-as-nurturer) - to produce a multidimensional analysis of the complex narrative layers, ambiguous status and mixed reception of the autobiographical texts (memoirs, letters, diaries) produced by nurses during and after the war. These insights will be more generally applicable...
This volume takes an interdisciplinary approach, taking into account multiple facets of wartime nursing - historical contexts (history of the profe...
This book brings together a collection of works by scholars who have produced some of the most innovative and influential work on the topic of First World War nursing in the last ten years. The contributors employ an interdisciplinary collaborative approach that takes into account multiple facets of Allied wartime nursing: historical contexts (history of the profession, recruitment, teaching, different national socio-political contexts), popular cultural stereotypes (in propaganda, popular culture) and longstanding gender norms (woman-as-nurturer). They draw on a wide range of hitherto...
This book brings together a collection of works by scholars who have produced some of the most innovative and influential work on the topic of Firs...
