Women of war : Gender, modernity and the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry /

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Women of war is an examination of gender modernity using the world's longest established women's military organisation, the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry. These New Women's adoption of martial uniform and military-style training, their inhabiting of public space, their deployment of inno...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pattinson, Juliette (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2020
Colección:Cultural history of modern war.
Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
FANY (Princess Royal's Volunteer Corps) > History.
Elite (Social sciences) > Great Britain.
Sex role in the work environment > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Military nursing > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Women nurses > Great Britain.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction. Daughters of war : gender modernity and the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry
  • 'Fresh laurels for the brow of womanhood' : the formation of a female nursing yeomanry
  • 'Hussies', 'freaks' and 'lady soldiers' : constructing the uniformed woman
  • 'Determined women full of initiative and vision' : the professionalisation of a voluntary women's corps
  • 'Here we were, girls of the twentieth century' : active service in the First World War
  • 'Gloried in her grotesque and spurious manhood' : driving in the First World War.

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