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We Also Served is a social history of women's involvement in the First World War. Dr. Vivien Newman disturbs myths and preconceptions surrounding women's war work and seeks to inform contemporary readers of countless acts of derring-do, determination, and quiet heroism by British women, that went on behind the scenes from 1914-1918.

In August 1914, a mere 640 women had a clearly defined wartime role. Ignoring early War Office advice to "go home and sit still", by 1918 hundreds of thousands of women from all corners of the world had lent their individual wills and collective strength to the Allied cause.

As well as becoming nurses, munitions workers, and members of the Land Army, women were also ambulance drivers and surgeons; they served with the Armed Forces; funded and managed their own hospitals within sight and sound of the guns. At least one British woman bore arms, and over a thousand women lost their lives as a direct result of their involvement with the war.

This book lets these all but forgotten women speak directly to us of their war, their lives, and their stories.
Publication Data:
Author(s): Vivien Newman
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books
Pages: 191
Language: en
Category: Literature and Fiction
Genre: History, Europe, Great Britain, 20th Century, Wars & Conflicts, World War I, Military, Aviation & Space, Women
ISBN: 1783462256
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GIFT MESSAGE INSIDE. Sold by Kisharon Langdon, the UK charity offering support and opportunities for people in the autism and disability community.