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.

Cultural history of modern war

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

First Aid Nursing Yeomanry.

Women nurses--Great Britain.

Women nurses.

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

Women and war.

Women--Great Britain--Social conditions.

Women.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 308 pages) : illustrations (black and white); digital file(s).

Place of Publication:

Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2020.

System Details:

data file

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.

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.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2020.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on March 31, 2026).

ISBN:

9781526145642

1526145642

9781526155580

1526155583

9781526145666

1526145669

OCLC:

1159723961