Description |
viii, 345 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Contents |
Introduction: transformation in a time of war? / Sarah Glassford and Amy Shaw -- 1. "In defense of the Empire": the six nations of the Grant River and the Great War / Alison Norman -- 2. The unquiet knitters of Newfoundland: from mothers of the regiment to mothers of the nation / Margot I. Duley -- 3. Freshettes, farmerettes, and feminine fortitude at the University of Toronto during the First World War / Terry Wilde -- 4. Gendering patriotism: Canadian volunteer nurses as the female "soldiers" of the Great War / Linda J. Quiney -- 5. "Such sights one will never forget": Newfoundland women and overseas nursing in the First World War / Terry Biship Stirling -- 6. Patriotic, not permanent: attitudes about women's making bombs and being bankers / Kori Street -- 7. An honour and a burden: Canadian girls and the Great War / Kristine Alexander -- 8. Supporting soldiers' wives and families in the Great War: what was transformed? / Desmond Morton -- 9. Marks of grief: black attire, medals, and service flags / Suzanne Evans -- 10. Verses in the darkness: a Newfoundland poet responds to the First World War / Vicki S. Hallett -- 11. "'Twas you, mother, made me a man": the motherhood motif in the poetry of the First World War / Lynn Kennedy -- 12. "Mother, lover, nurse": the reassertion of conventional gender norms in fictional representations of disability in Canadian novels of the First World War / Amy Tector -- Conclusion: a "sisterhood of suffering and service" / Sarah Glassford and Amy Shaw |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Issued also in electronic formats |
Subject |
World War, 1914-1918 -- Women -- Canada.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Children -- Canada.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Women -- Newfoundland and Labrador.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Children -- Newfoundland and Labrador.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Canada -- Literature and the war.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- Literature and the war.
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Author |
Shaw, Amy J. (Amy Jeannette), 1972-
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Glassford, Sarah Carlene, 1978-
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ISBN |
9780774822565 |
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0774822562 |
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