Women of war : gender, modernity and the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry / Juliette Pattinson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pattinson, Juliette, author.

Series:

Cultural history of modern war

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

First Aid Nursing Yeomanry.

Women--Great Britain--Social conditions.

Women.

Women and war.

History.

Great Britain.

Social conditions.

Women and war--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Women--Social conditions.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xii, 308 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2020.

Summary:

"Women of War examines the FANY as a case study of gender modernity using newspapers, memoirs, diaries, letters interviews, photographs and poetry. While these New Women challenged the limits of convention in terms of behaviour, dress and role, they were simulataneously deepy conservative, upholding imperialist, unionist and anti-feminist values"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction. Daughters of war: gender modernity and the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry

'Fresh laurels for the brow of womanhood': the formation of a female nursing yeomanry

'Hussies', 'freaks' and 'lady soldiers': constructing the uniformed woman

'Determined women full of initiative and vision': the professionalisation of a voluntary women's corps

'Here we were, girls of the twentieth century': active service in the First World War

'Gloried in her grotesque and spurious manhood': driving in the First World War

Concluding thoughts.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-297) and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781526145659

1526145650

OCLC:

1132287308