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. The 'veterans' covered...

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Main Author:	Fell, Alison S. 1971- (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2018
Series:	Studies in the social and cultural history of modern warfare
Subjects:	Women veterans / Great Britain Women veterans / France World War, 1914-1918 / Participation, Female Women veterans / Great Britain / Social conditions Women veterans / France / Social conditions Women / Identity Veteranin Erster Weltkrieg Frankreich Großbritannien
Online Access:	BSB01 UBG01 Volltext
Summary:	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. The 'veterans' covered by this history include former nurses, charity workers, secret service agents and members of resistance networks in occupied territory, as well as members of the British auxiliary corps. What unites these women is how they attempted to present themselves as 'female veterans' in order to gain social advantages and give themselves the right to speak about the war and its legacies. Alison S. Fell also considers the limits of the identity of war veteran for women, considering as an example the wartime and post-war experiences of the female industrial workers who led episodes of industrial action
Item Description:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 28 Jun 2018)
Physical Description:	1 Online-Ressource (ix, 226 Seiten)
ISBN:	9781108348935
DOI:	10.1017/9781108348935