This title was in the bibliography section of the novel that I read this summer, "The Lovely War". It wasn’t that women hadn’t been pushing for change in the old order: the suffrage movement was gaining momentum and industrialisation was opening up new opportunities. Why not be the first to send us your thoughts,
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It is anecdotal in style, and (I assume) targeted at the 'common reader' (in the Woolfian sense). Adie marries the story of the fight for electoral representation with that of the women who took men's places in the workplace during the war firmly on men's terms.
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Nevertheless, the fact was that, in so many ways, the genie was out of the bottle and life would never be the same again, for either men or women. Well worth reading. To order, please call 0870 428 4112 or go to www.books.telegraph.co.uk Books
I never realised what my Grandmother's life was like or why my mother told me that my Grandmother was " always on marches " Some parts seemed to be a bit disjointed chronologically but other than that it did provide an insight into life of women and the changes brought about by the war.I really enjoyed this one and learned quite a lot from it.
This is history at its best - a vivid, compelling account of the pioneering women who helped win the war as well as a revealing assessment of their legacy for women's lives today.Fighting on the Home Front: The Legacy of Women in World War OneShallow, disorganized, unsourced, and the author frequently interjects herself into the narrative. At the start of war with so many men soldiering abroad it was necessary to use the women in new roles covering for the men's absence. And indeed when men returned from the war thousands of women returned to their previous domestic roles.
The novel was set in WWI - the Great War and this non-fiction title is about women, mostly British women, who worked, suffered, and served while almost all of the men were in France.Really thought I was going to enjoy this, even though it was my book club offering and I did for about half of it then it began to get just like the dry history books you had to read and use for exams. "No comments have so far been submitted. but they were constantly reminded that these jobs were only “for the duration” and that, once the war was over, the men would replace them. Kate Adie does a wonderful job describing the plight of women, the changing circumstances and the legacy for society then and now…….I wasn't keen on this book, i read 5 pages and decided it wasn't for me - part of the problem was that the print was very small and it was tiring to read, i found it boring facts instead of stories, i suppose it was partly my fault for not reading the synopsis properly, i just looked at the subject matter and decided it would be interesting as i've read a lot of good books about the home front in the second world war - the pictures however were really interesting (there are 2 lots of about 5 or I wasn't keen on this book, i read 5 pages and decided it wasn't for me - part of the problem was that the print was very small and it was tiring to read, i found it boring facts instead of stories, i suppose it was partly my fault for not reading the synopsis properly, i just looked at the subject matter and decided it would be interesting as i've read a lot of good books about the home front in the second world war - the pictures however were really interesting (there are 2 lots of about 5 or 6 bright white pages which have pictures on them)An interesting account of the lives of women during the great war.
I am happy I found "Fighting on the Home Front".
Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of However, the advent of war and its voracious need for men to fight on the Front, meant that women from all walks of life stepped up tKate Adie’s detailed examination of the myriad ways in which the lives of women changed during the First World War offers a fascinating glimpse into the social and political upheaval of the period.
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