ISBN: 0801431662
Published by Cornell University Press on January 1st 2000
Pages: 209
Len's Summary: Some 16 thousand women served overseas with the AEF. Some joined for patriotic reasons, others for economic motives, to search for adventure or challenge gender boundaries. A useful addition; to the study of womens' roles in The Great War.
Philadelphia to Flanders: The Story of Nurse Helen Fairchild’s Life in 1917 During World War One
Philadelphia to Flanders: The Story of Nurse Helen Fairchild's Life in 1917 During World War One by Nelle Fairchild H. Rote
ISBN: 978 0 9769492 6 8
on 2004
Pages: 282
ISBN: 978 0 9769492 6 8
on 2004
Pages: 282
Len's Summary: The story of an American nurse with the AEF in France written by her niece. Based largely on Helen Fairchild's letters home written before her tragic death from a liver infection in January 1918. Available from Nelle Fairchild at elle12@ptd.net.
The Suffragette Bombers: Britain’s Forgotten Terrorists
The Suffragette Bombers: Britain's Forgotten Terrorists by Simon Webb
ISBN: 9781783400645
on July 2nd 2014
Pages: 188
ISBN: 9781783400645
on July 2nd 2014
Pages: 188
Len's Summary: When Archduke Ferdinand was assassinated British politicians and the public were distracted by the violent suffragette movement and the combustible Irish Home Rule Bill.
We Also Served: The Forgotten Women of the First World War
We Also Served: The Forgotten Women of the First World War by Vivien Newman
ISBN: 1783462256
on November 30th 2014
Genres: Women, Social History, Military
Pages: 224
ISBN: 1783462256
on November 30th 2014
Genres: Women, Social History, Military
Pages: 224
Len's Summary: British women at war, a social history. See also: They Also Served: American Women in World War I, Lettie Gavin, University Press of Colorado, 1906, and The First, the Few, the Forgotten: Navy and Marine Corps Women in World War I, Jean Ebbert & Mary-Beth Hall, US Naval Institute Press, 2002.
The First World War Diaries of Emma Duffin: Belfast Voluntary Aid Detachment Nurse
The First World War Diaries of Emma Duffin: Belfast Voluntary Aid Detachment Nurse by Trevor Parkhill, Emma Duffin
ISBN: 9781846825224
Published by Four Courts Press on July 25th 2014
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Personal Memoirs, Ireland, Military, Women
Pages: 256
ISBN: 9781846825224
Published by Four Courts Press on July 25th 2014
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Personal Memoirs, Ireland, Military, Women
Pages: 256
Len's Summary: Nurse Duffin’s service in Egypt and France from 1915 to 1918. Until just recently such treatments of Irish service in WWI were rare.
The Aesthetics of Loss: German Women’s Art of the First World War
The Aesthetics of Loss: German Women's Art of the First World War by Claudia Siebrecht
ISBN: 9780199656684
Published by Oxford University Press on September 19th 2013
Genres: Social History, Art, Gender Studies, Women
Pages: 208
ISBN: 9780199656684
Published by Oxford University Press on September 19th 2013
Genres: Social History, Art, Gender Studies, Women
Pages: 208
Len's Summary: The unique responses of German women to wartime tragedy.
Ellen and Edith: Woodrow Wilson’s First Ladies
Ellen and Edith: Woodrow Wilson's First Ladies by Kristie Miller
ISBN: 9780700617371
Published by University Press of Kansas on October 15th 2010
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Political, Presidents & Heads of State, Women, History, United States, 20th Century, Social Science, Women's Studies
Pages: 348
ISBN: 9780700617371
Published by University Press of Kansas on October 15th 2010
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Political, Presidents & Heads of State, Women, History, United States, 20th Century, Social Science, Women's Studies
Pages: 348
Len's Summary: Wilson’s wives major influence on his life and politics.
Deliver Us from Evil: A Southern Belle in Europe at the Outbreak of World War I
Deliver Us from Evil: A Southern Belle in Europe at the Outbreak of World War I by Mary W. Schaller, Nancy Johnson Crawford
ISBN: 9781570039508
Published by University of South Carolina Press on January 1st 2011
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Women, History, Military, World War I, Social Science, Women's Studies
Pages: 170
ISBN: 9781570039508
Published by University of South Carolina Press on January 1st 2011
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Women, History, Military, World War I, Social Science, Women's Studies
Pages: 170
Len's Summary: Letters from American women travelers caught in Europe in August 1914. // Traveling on the traditional Grand Tour in August 1914, the 25-year-old daughter of a Kentucky Congressman struggles to find a way home as railways are commandeered for troop movements, trans-Atlantic liners scurry for home ports, banks suspend foreign exchange operations and the lights go out all over Europe.
The Blue Beast: Power and Passion in the Great War
The Blue Beast: Power and Passion in the Great War by Jonathan Walker
ISBN: 9780752465975
Published by History Press on September 1st 2012
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Historical, Military, Women
Pages: 224
ISBN: 9780752465975
Published by History Press on September 1st 2012
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Historical, Military, Women
Pages: 224
Len's Summary: The naughty bits. Three liberated women love and thrive in time of war.
Unspeakable Regret
Unspeakable Regret by Sonny Moran
ISBN: 978 0 9869 2492 0
on March 16th 2013
ISBN: 978 0 9869 2492 0
on March 16th 2013
Len's Summary: The story of the first American military member, an Army nurse, to be killed in WWI
A Fine Brother: The Life of Captain Flora Sandes
A Fine Brother: The Life of Captain Flora Sandes by Louise Miller
ISBN: 9781846881848
Published by Alma on August 1st 2012
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Historical, Military, Women
Pages: 423
ISBN: 9781846881848
Published by Alma on August 1st 2012
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Historical, Military, Women
Pages: 423
Len's Summary: Sandes work as a nurse and soldier serving with the Serbian army changed public perceptions of women’s roles in war.