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Female Tommies: The Frontline Women of the First World War
Elisabeth Shipton
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Description for Female Tommies: The Frontline Women of the First World War
Paperback. Through their diaries, letters and memoirs, meet the women who defied convention and followed their convictions to defend the less fortunate and fight for their country. Num Pages: 288 pages, 40 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBG; HBWN; JFSJ1; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
The First World War saw one of the biggest ever changes in the demographics of warfare, as thousands of women donned uniforms and took an active part in conflict for the first time in history. Female Tommies looks at the military role of women worldwide during the Great War and reveals the extraordinary women who served on the frontline. Through their diaries, letters and memoirs, meet the women who defied convention and followed their convictions to defend the less fortunate and fight for their country. Follow British Flora Sandes as she joins the Serbian Army and takes ... Read more
The First World War saw one of the biggest ever changes in the demographics of warfare, as thousands of women donned uniforms and took an active part in conflict for the first time in history. Female Tommies looks at the military role of women worldwide during the Great War and reveals the extraordinary women who served on the frontline. Through their diaries, letters and memoirs, meet the women who defied convention and followed their convictions to defend the less fortunate and fight for their country. Follow British Flora Sandes as she joins the Serbian Army and takes ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780750979504
SKU
V9780750979504
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Ref
99-50
About Elisabeth Shipton
Elisabeth Shipton has worked as Archivist for New College, Oxford, the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Trust, and the Royal Green Jackets Museum.
Reviews for Female Tommies: The Frontline Women of the First World War
Elisabeth Shipton is a stand-out researcher and with this book she stakes a claim as a great writer in her own right.
Dan Snow
Dan Snow