Women in the First World War Indian History Navy recruitment poster by artist

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These stories are able to illustrate the impact of the Great War on British society and culture and the many modes in which short fiction contributed to the war's literature

He goes on to detail the major campaigns on the Western and Eastern Fronts and the forgotten war fought in the Middle East and Africa

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Women in the First World War Indian History Navy recruitment poster by artistDescription by Neil R. Storey & Molly Housego Paperback The First World War was the conduit for some of the most dramatic changes in the role of women in British society. Suffragettes gave up their militant protests to support the war effort, and from the moment war broke out women were ready; many had already trained as military and Voluntary Aid Detachment nurses. As more and more men left to serve in the armed forces more and more jobs, most of