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Women in the British Army : war and the gentle sex, 1907-1948 / Lucy Noakes.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Noakes, Lucy, 1964-
- Series:
- Women's and gender history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Great Britain. Army--Women.
- Great Britain.
- Great Britain. Army.
- Women soldiers--Great Britain--History--20th century.
- Women soldiers.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 209 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2006.
- Contents:
- 1 Introduction: gendering war 1
- 2 Early days: women and the armed forces before 1914 20
- 3 'The Women Were Marvellous': the First World War and the female volunteer 39
- 4 'Eve in Khaki': The Women's Army Auxiliary Corps 61
- 5 Between the wars: women's military organisations 1919-1938 82
- 6 'The Gentle Sex': the ATS in the Second World War 103
- 7 'Gentle in manner, resolute in deed': women in the postwar army 133.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [163]-202) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0415390567
- 0415390575
- 0203088328
- OCLC:
- 61456559
- Publisher Number:
- 9780415390569 (hbk.)
- 9780415390576 (pbk.)
- 9780203088326
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