The Great War is seen as an event that marked and occasioned deep and lasting social change. Historians might argue as to the scale or extent of its effect, but it cannot be denied that post-war Britain was a very different place from that which existed in the idyllic...
Still today, when women are employed as professional soldiers by a number of state armed forces, we tend to believe that war is man's exclusive business. This is plainly untrue, and has always been so, since war can't be reduced just to combat and, anyway, combat is no longer the sol...
American women, however, had been in the European theatre of war since 1914 out of their own initiative as nurses - like Borden or La Motte - journalists (more successful ones than Dorothy Lawrence, as can be seen in the case of Elizabeth S. Sergeant), doing relief work (Edith Wharton,...
At the onset of WW2, women typically did not work unless they were from the lower classes. But when WW2 started, men left to fight in the Atlantic and Pacific theaters. So, women entered the workforce in droves. The War Manpower Commission recruited women into employment to help the war ...
Flour war in Spain Newborn babies wear dog costumes to celebrate the New Year One-eyed dog journeys round the world Girl wants to look like a real life doll Meet the oldest serving flight attendant Gaza zoo puts lion cubs up for sale Australian WW1-era naval submarine HMAS AE-1 found af...
—100 Years Ago:Gold Star Women “Nurses of World War I” ✫★✫★✫★✫★✪ ✪✫★✫★✫★✫★ -NURSES, YEOMEN, MOTHERS, TELEPHONE OPERATORS, FOOD WORKERS, ET AL- — Chief Nurse of WW1 Expeditionary Forces, Red Cross Chief Nurse Harvard Unit, Peter Bent Brigham Hospita...
Starting work in June 2022 as Contact celebrates its 50th year, Thompson had created a ‘castle of curiosity’ and ‘place of opportunity’ for young Mancunians in their visionary and sustainable new building. Yasmine Dar Born in South Yorkshire but made in Manchester,Councillor Yasmine Daris the...
Maria Bochkareva and the 1st Russian Women's Battalion of Death - Who Did What in WW1? Episode aired Jul 10, 2017 YOUR RATING RateDocumentaryHistoryWar Add a plot Directors Toni Steller Florian Wittig Writer Indy Neidell Star Indy Neidell...
Sassoon faced criticism for his relentless condemnation of WW1 and the way it was handled by the press and those in superior positions. InA Soldier’s Declaration, read to the British House of Commons and published in a national newspaper the next day, he stated that “the war is being del...
who graduated from Newcastle Hospital in 1904. After six years experience in hospital and private nursing in Australia Ida left to work in England. When Britain and its allies declared war on Germany in 1914, Ida immediately volunteered to join the Australian Voluntary Hospital (AVH), an independ...