Greatcoats and Glamour Boots: Canadian Women at War (1939-1945)
- ISBN-10
- 1550023683
- ISBN-13
- 9781550023688
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 296
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001-11
- Publisher
- Dundurn
- Author
- Carolyn Gossage
Description
The colourful story of Canadas "forgotten women" who volunteered for service during the Second World War.
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