Women and War

ISBN-10
1852105038
ISBN-13
9781852105037
Series
Women and War
Category
War
Pages
48
Language
English
Published
1989
Author
A. Susan Williams

Description

Examines the civilian and military roles British women have played in war from the turn of the nineteenth century - as fighters, as workers, as mothers and as pacifisits.

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