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Women and Evacuation in the Second World War

Author : Maggie Andrews
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2019-08-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781441164117

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Women and Evacuation in the Second World War by Maggie Andrews Pdf

Groups of young evacuees, standing on railway stations with gas masks and cardboard suitcases have become an iconic image of wartime Britain, but their histories have eclipsed those of women whose domestic lives were affected. This book explores the effects of this unparalleled interference in the domestic lives of women, looking at the impact on everyday experience and on ideas of femininity, domesticity and motherhood. Maggie Andrews argues that wartime evacuation is important for understanding the experience and the contested meanings of domesticity and motherhood in the 20th century. As this book shows, evacuation represents a significant and unrecognised area of women's war work, and precipitated the rise of competing public discourses about domestic labour and motherhood.

Women and Evacuation in the 2nd World War

Author : Maggie Andrews
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : World War, 1939-1945
ISBN : 1474205909

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Women and Evacuation in the 2nd World War by Maggie Andrews Pdf

Introduction -- 1. Myths, Memories and Memorials of Evacuation -- 2. Femininity, Domesticity and Motherhood 1900-1939 -- 3. Nationalising Hundreds and Thousands of Women: A Domestic Response to a National Problem -- 4. The Challenges of Enforced Intimacy: Looking after Evacuees -- 5. Mothers Encouraged to Wave Goodbye -- 6. Women's Organisations and Evacuation -- 7. Women Were Paid to Care: Teachers, Social Workers and Psychologists -- 8. Afterword: The Post-war Idealisation of the Family in the Wake Evacuation -- Bibliography -- Index.

Women and Evacuation in the Second World War

Author : Maggie Andrews
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2019-08-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781441176431

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Women and Evacuation in the Second World War by Maggie Andrews Pdf

Groups of young evacuees, standing on railway stations with gas masks and cardboard suitcases have become an iconic image of wartime Britain, but their histories have eclipsed those of women whose domestic lives were affected. This book explores the effects of this unparalleled interference in the domestic lives of women, looking at the impact on everyday experience and on ideas of femininity, domesticity and motherhood. Maggie Andrews argues that wartime evacuation is important for understanding the experience and the contested meanings of domesticity and motherhood in the 20th century. As this book shows, evacuation represents a significant and unrecognised area of women's war work, and precipitated the rise of competing public discourses about domestic labour and motherhood.

The Impact of Civilian Evacuation in the Second World War

Author : Travis L. Crosby
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 133 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2021-11-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000458435

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The Impact of Civilian Evacuation in the Second World War by Travis L. Crosby Pdf

This book, first published in 1986, examines the wartime evacuation of children in Britain from their homes in cities to safety in the countryside. It analyses the social impact of the separation on parents and children, and teases out of the official records the origins and assumptions of evacuation planning. It examines the aims, implementation and evolution of the evacuation policy, its success or failure and its effect upon post-war social planning in Britain.

Under Fire: Women and World War II

Author : Eveline Buchheim,Ralf Futselaar
Publisher : Uitgeverij Verloren
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Women and war
ISBN : 9789087044756

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Under Fire: Women and World War II by Eveline Buchheim,Ralf Futselaar Pdf

Since the 1970s, when the dominance of military histories of the World Wars ended, and social historical histories of conflict rose to prominence, women have come to play an increasingly important role in mainstream stories about the Second World War. Although this is undeniably a valuable development, the perspectives on women that arose have in many respects remained limiting – although in new ways. Women have been portrayed as carers, as victims (notably of sexual violence), but rarely as agents of their own fate. This volume focuses on this last group. In spite of the undeniable suffering and victimization that befell so many women during the war, for others the war also opened opportunities and awakened ambitions. The articles in this volume, which cover both Europe and Asia, bring together some of the women who took initiatives, of which they sometimes suffered the dire consequences, sometimes enjoyed the fruits.

Women's Experiences of the Second World War

Author : Mark J. Crowley,Sandra Trudgen Dawson
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : History
ISBN : 9781783275878

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Women's Experiences of the Second World War by Mark J. Crowley,Sandra Trudgen Dawson Pdf

Using a very wide range of detailed sources, the book surveys the many different experiences of women during the Second World War.

Guernsey Evacuees

Author : Gillian Mawson
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2012-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780752490939

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Guernsey Evacuees by Gillian Mawson Pdf

In June 1940, 17,000 people fled Guernsey to England, including 5,000 school children with their teachers and 500 mothers as 'helpers'. The Channel Islands were occupied on 30 June - the only part of British territory that was occupied by Nazi forces during the Second World War. Most evacuees were transported to smoky industrial towns in Northern England - an environment so very different to their rural island. For five years they made new lives in towns where the local accent was often confusing, but for most, the generosity shown to them was astounding. They received assistance from Canada and the USA - one Guernsey school was 'sponsored' by wealthy Americans such as Eleanor Roosevelt and Hollywood stars. From May 1945, the evacuees began to return home, although many decided to remain in England. Wartime bonds were forged between Guernsey and Northern England that were so strong, they still exist today.

Who Will Take Our Children?

Author : Carlton Jackson
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2021-11-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000460452

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Who Will Take Our Children? by Carlton Jackson Pdf

This book, first published in 1985, is a scholarly examination of the of the British wartime evacuation of 4 million people, mostly children, from the cities to the countryside – and how it affected social life during the war years. It uses hitherto unpublished material from the collections of the Children’s Overseas Reception Board and the Mass Observation Archive.

Women and the Second World War in France, 1939-48

Author : Hanna Diamond
Publisher : Longman Publishing Group
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015049977377

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Women and the Second World War in France, 1939-48 by Hanna Diamond Pdf

Hanna Diamond presents varied testimony to reveal the realities of women's daily lives and the role they played in both collaboration and resistance. She considers the political choices they had to make and the constraints they were under.

Making the Best of it

Author : Sarah Glassford,Amy Jeannette Shaw
Publisher : University of British Columbia Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Women
ISBN : 0774862785

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Making the Best of it by Sarah Glassford,Amy Jeannette Shaw Pdf

Many women who lived through the Second World War believed it heralded new status and opportunities. But did it? Making the Best of It examines how gender and other identities intersected to shape the experiences of female Canadians and Newfoundlanders during the war. The contributors to this thoughtful collection consider mainstream and minority populations, girls and women, and different parts of Canada and Newfoundland in their essays. Ultimately, they lay a foundation for a better understanding of the ways in which the lives of Canadian women and girls were altered during and after the 1940s.

Worth Saving

Author : Sue Wheatcroft
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1784991198

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Worth Saving by Sue Wheatcroft Pdf

The first detailed study on the experiences of disabled children during the Second World War.

Jambusters

Author : Julie Summers
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2013-02-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780857200471

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Jambusters by Julie Summers Pdf

The compelling true story that inspired the hugely successful major ITV drama series HOME FIRES – now in its second season. The Second World War was the WI's finest hour. The whole of its previous history - two decades of educating, entertaining and supporting women and campaigning on women's issues - culminated in the enormous collective responsibility felt by the members to 'do their bit' for Britain. With all the vigour, energy and enthusiasm at their disposal, a third of a million country women set out to make their lives and the lives of those around them more bearable in what they described as 'a period of insanity'. Through archive material and interviews with many WI members, Julie Summers takes us behind the scenes, revealing their nitty-gritty approach to the daily problems presented by the conflict. Jambusters is the fascinating story of how the Women's Institute pulled rural Britain through the war with pots of jam and a spirit of make-do-and-mend.

Bovril,Whisky and Gravediggers

Author : Maggie Andrews,Emma Edwards
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 111 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2019-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1905036647

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Bovril,Whisky and Gravediggers by Maggie Andrews,Emma Edwards Pdf

Spanish Flu' killed more than 50million people and afffected millions more across the globe between 1918 and 1920. Soldiers, POWs and workers in war-industries all fell victim to this pandemic which brought fear and death to villages, towns and cities on the homefront, even after the guns of the First World War battlefields had fallen silent.

Britain's Wartime Evacuees

Author : Gillian Mawson
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2016-11-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781848324435

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Britain's Wartime Evacuees by Gillian Mawson Pdf

With the declaration of war in September 1939, the Government Evacuation Scheme was implemented, in which almost one and a half million civilians, mostly children, were evacuated from the British cities thought most likely to be the targets of aerial bombing. The fear of invasion the following year resulted in another mass evacuation from the coastal towns.Hundreds of thousands of school children, and mothers with babies and infants, were removed from their homes and families, and sent to live with strangers in distant rural areas and to entirely unfamiliar environments. Some children were also sent to countries of the Commonwealth, such as Canada and Australia. The evacuations had an enormous impact upon millions of individuals, both those that were evacuated and those that had to accommodate and care for the displaced multitude.Over the course of eight years research Gillian Mawson has interviewed hundreds of evacuees from England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Families have also allowed her access to the testimony of those who have passed away. Coupled with the extensive newspaper coverage of the day and official documents Britains Wartime Evacuees provides not just a comprehensive study of the evacuations, but also relates some of the most moving and emotive stories of the Second World War.

Stress in Post-War Britain

Author : Mark Jackson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2016-12-05
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781317318040

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Stress in Post-War Britain by Mark Jackson Pdf

In the years following World War II the health and well-being of the nation was of primary concern to the British government. The essays in this collection examine the relationship between health and stress in post-war Britain through a series of carefully connected case studies.