the frontline women of the first world war
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Shipton, Elisabeth
- Publish Year
- 2014
- Shelfmark
- WER 1F 2014 - B
- Thesaurus
- eerste wereldoorlog, militaire beroepen, artsen, spionnen, vrouwenorganisaties, Rusland, Verenigd Koninkrijk, Verenigde Staten, 1910-1919, 20e eeuw
- Description
- During the First World War thousands of women took an active part in conflict for the first time in history. This publication looks at the military role of women worldwide during the Great War and reveals the extraordinary women (amongst them Flora Sandes and Dorothy Lawrence) who served on the frontline. The women were members of organisations such as the US Army Signal Corps, the Canadian Army Medical Corps, the FANY, WRAF, WRNS, WAAC and many others. Based a.o. on their diaries, letters and memoirs.