French Women and the First World War: War Stories of the Home Front

by Margaret H. Darrow

Book Overview

Despite acts of female heroism, popular memory, as well as official memorialization in monuments and historic sites, has ignored French women's role in the First World War. This book explores stories that were never told and why they were not. These include the experiences of French women in the war, the stories they themselves told about these experiences and how French society interpreted them.The author examines the ways French women served their...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1859733662
• ISBN13: 9781859733660
• Release Date: August 2000
• Publisher: Berg Publishers
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.4"