| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 308 pages |
| Series |
Cultural history of modern war |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Analysis |
Class |
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Driving |
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FANY |
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Femininity |
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First aid |
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Gender |
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Horse-riding |
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Modern |
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Modernism |
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Modernity |
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New Woman |
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Nursing |
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War |
| Notes |
In English |
| Subject |
FANY (Princess Royal's Volunteer Corps) -- History
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| SUBJECT |
FANY (Princess Royal's Volunteer Corps) fast |
| Subject |
Women nurses -- Great Britain
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HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century.
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Women nurses
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Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781526145666 |
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1526145669 |
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9781526145642 |
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1526145642 |
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