Women in the First World War, Neil R. Storey & Molly Housego

Women in the First World War, Neil R. Storey & Molly Housego.

A look at the pioneering role played by women during the First World War, and the prejudice that the early volunteers had to overcome before they were accepted. Only as the war dragged on into 1916 and conscription was introduced did the government realise how essential their contribution would be, and by 1918 many of the organisations more familiar from the Second World War were already in place. [read full review]