Women as Veterans in Britain and France after the First World War (Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare)

Synopsis

This Is The Story Of How Women In France And Britain Between 1915 And 1933 Appropriated The Cultural Identity Of Female War Veteran In Order To Have Greater Access To Public Life And A Voice In A Political Climate In Which Women Were Rarely Heard On The Public Stage-- Introduction -- Women As Veterans In The Commemorative Landscapes Of Interwar Britain And France -- The Afterlives Of First World War Heroines -- 'that Glorious Comradeship' : Female Veteran Groups In The 1920s -- Writing As A Veteran : Women's War Memoirs -- Women's Wartime Industrial Action And The Limits Of Female Veteran Identity -- Conclusion. Alison S. Fell. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 202-216) And Index.