Steiner, Antigones, p. 149. 60. Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (New York: W. W. Norton, 1967), p. 75. Portions of this discussion draw on Jean Bethke Elshtain, Meditations on Modern Political Thought (New ...
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.
Farrell, Mairead | Florence Farmborough, Medical Volunteer in Russia during World War I August 1914 “We are very raw recruits, and it's not surprising that we sometimes wince, even shrink into the background, when an unusually ugly ...
"Women and war takes stock of the current state of knowledge on women, peace, and security issues, including efforts to increase women's participation in post-conflict reconstruction strategies and their protection from wartime sexual ...
Yet for all the rhetoric that takes place in their name, it’s men who generally make decisions regarding war. Women and War examines how women respond to situations of conflict.
This is an seven-volume collection of primary texts, each selected and introduced by experts, reproducing in facsimile a wealth of materials related to the history of women and warfare in the English-speaking world.
Part of a fully indexed 20-volume collection which gathers together significant research contributions on the social, religious and political history of women in the United States, from colonial times to the 1990s.
Women and War
Examines the contribution of women to the war effort, from jobs like welding, loading shells, or flying aeroplanes to taking an active role in combat.
Discusses the role of women from the Allied countries during World War II, including those who served in the armed forces, those who took over men's jobs at home, and more.