Women's Experiences of the Second World War
Exile, Occupation and Everyday Life
Contributions by Mark J. Crowley, Sandra Trudgen Dawson, Beth Hessel, Nupur Chaudhuri, Regina F. Lark, Kelly A. Spring, Bernice Lindner, Dr Michael Timonin, Patricia Chappine, Dr Alexis Peri, Professor Angela Wanhalla, Dr Wai-Yin Christina Wong, Sylvie Crinquand, Dr Sarah Hogenbirk Edited by Mark J. Crowley, Sandra Trudgen Dawson
Publication date:
16 April 2021Length of book:
244 pagesPublisher
Boydell PressISBN-13: 9781787448070
Using a very wide range of detailed sources, the book surveys the many different experiences of women during the Second World War.
Many existing studies on the role of women in the Second World War concentrate on women's increasing participation in the workplace and on their struggles to cope with rationing and shortages. This book goes further, exploring women's wartime experiences much more fully. Drawing on a wide range of sources including oral interviews, scrapbooks, personal letters, diaries, newspaper articles, Mass Observation files and memoirs, the book illustrates some ofthe similarities and differences of women's wartime experiences in different situations in different countries. Specific subjects covered include experiences of exile and living under occupation, of coping with proximity to fighting and to the frontline, and of dealing with everyday life in trying circumstances. The book draws out how factors such as political beliefs, nationalism, economics, religion, ability, geography and culture all had an impact. Overall, the book reveals a great deal about the complexities and nuances of women's experiences in this period of enormous upheaval.
Mark J. Crowley is an Associate Professor at the David Eccles Business School, University of Utah.
Sandra Trudgen Dawson is the Executive Administrator of the Berkshire Conference of Women's History.
Contributors: Patricia Chappine, Sylvie Crinquand, Beth Hessel, Sarah Hogenbirk, Regina Lark,Bernice Linder, Alexis Peri, Kelly Spring, Michael Timonin, Angela Wanhalla, Wai-Yin Christina Wong.
Many existing studies on the role of women in the Second World War concentrate on women's increasing participation in the workplace and on their struggles to cope with rationing and shortages. This book goes further, exploring women's wartime experiences much more fully. Drawing on a wide range of sources including oral interviews, scrapbooks, personal letters, diaries, newspaper articles, Mass Observation files and memoirs, the book illustrates some ofthe similarities and differences of women's wartime experiences in different situations in different countries. Specific subjects covered include experiences of exile and living under occupation, of coping with proximity to fighting and to the frontline, and of dealing with everyday life in trying circumstances. The book draws out how factors such as political beliefs, nationalism, economics, religion, ability, geography and culture all had an impact. Overall, the book reveals a great deal about the complexities and nuances of women's experiences in this period of enormous upheaval.
Mark J. Crowley is an Associate Professor at the David Eccles Business School, University of Utah.
Sandra Trudgen Dawson is the Executive Administrator of the Berkshire Conference of Women's History.
Contributors: Patricia Chappine, Sylvie Crinquand, Beth Hessel, Sarah Hogenbirk, Regina Lark,Bernice Linder, Alexis Peri, Kelly Spring, Michael Timonin, Angela Wanhalla, Wai-Yin Christina Wong.