2nd Edition

Women and the First World War

By Susan Grayzel Copyright 2024
220 Pages 16 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

220 Pages 16 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

220 Pages 16 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

In this revised version of a ground-breaking global history of women and the First World War, Susan Grayzel shows the multiple ways in which women faced the enormous challenges the war presented, both the losses as well as the opportunities that the war provided. The First World War was a total war requiring the mobilisation of millions of both civilians and combatants. It decisively shaped the... Read more

Part 1: FRAMEWORKS 1. INTRODUCTION Part 2: EXPERIENCES OF WAR 2. THE WAR BEGINS: PROPAGANDA, RECRUITMENT AND STATE SUPPORT OF FAMILIES 3. WOMEN’S WAR WORK: REMUNERATIVE, VOLUNTARY AND FAMILIAL 4. WOMEN IN THE LINE OF FIRE 5. MORALE, MORALITY AND SEXUALITY 6. ANTI-WAR PROTEST, DISSENT AND REVOLUTION Part 3: LEGACIES OF WAR  7. ASSESSING SOME OF THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE WAR FOR WOMEN 8. CONCLUSION Part 4: DOCUMENTS

Biography

Susan R. Grayzel is Professor of History at Utah State University, USA. She is the author of Women’s Identities at War: Gender, Motherhood, and Politics in Britain and France during the First World War and co-editor of Gender and the Great War.

'an innovative addition to the series...This book will prove invaluable for those seeking a comparitative analysis of the women's question in the early twentieth century.'
Richard Brown, The Historical Association website

'the broad range of topics, collection of documents, and bibliography make this a very useful starting point for undergraduate students.'
Deborah D. Buffton, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, H-Women, H-Net Reviews