1st Edition

Out of the Cage Women's Experiences in Two World Wars

By Gail Braybon, Penny Summerfield Copyright 1987
352 Pages
by Routledge

346 Pages
by Routledge

352 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1987, Out of the Cage brings vividly to life the experiences of working women from all social groups in the two World Wars. Telling a fascinating story, the authors emphasise what the women themselves have had to say, in diaries, memoirs, letters and recorded interviews about the call up, their personal reactions to war, their feelings about pay and the company at... Read more

Preface  1. Introduction  Part 1: The First World War 2. Women Before 1914  3. Dilution; Women in "Men’s Jobs"  4. War Work  5. Health and Welfare  6. Domestic Life  7. Demobilisation 1918-20  Part 2: The Second World War  8. Women Between the Wars  9. Call Up  10. Dilution Again  11. On the Job  12. Love, Sex and Marriage  13. Health and Welfare  14. Double Burden  15. Demobilisation 1945-50  16. Conclusion

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Gail Braybon, Penny Summerfield