ISBN:
0750925361
Complete Book Title: Women at War 1939-1945: The Home FrontAuthor: Carol HarrisBinding Type: Soft CoverCopyright Date: 2000Number of Pages: 128Size: 6.75 x 9.63 in.Book Subject: MilitariaInternational Customers: This item WILL fit in a Global Priority unpadded flat envelope.Domestic Customers: This item ships BOXED.We are an authorized, direct-from-the-publisher retailer of NEW books. Our titles are ON HAND and available for immediate shipping. Table of Contents Long before the outbreak of the Second World War, official calculations showed Britain would be short of the manpower needed to fight the enemy and keep up .production of weapons, food and other essentials. It was hoped that women volunteers would fill the gaps and so they volunteered as workers in Civil Defence, the Women's Land Army, munitions factories and non-combatant roles in the Forces. But by 1941, the Government had to face facts: any effective response would have to involve conscription of British women. All females between the ages of fourteen and sixty-four were registered and soon the vast majority had work to do. They collected tons of salvage, knitted and sewed, and raised money for warships and weapons. Women ran fire stations and drove makeshift ambulances while cities burned and enemy bombs exploded around them. They kept their families going, often as single parents while their husbands were away for years in the armed forces. By the end of the war, some of the most experienced rat-catchers in the country were female; others were accomplished engineers, carters, rail workers and bargees. When it was over, these wartime roles were not commemorated in films and books. There is no official acknowledgement of the enormous and crucial contribution those British women made to the lives we live now. Many are getting on in years and their precious first-hand memories will go with them. Their stories are worth telling now for that alone. But they are also. tales of love, death, sacrifice and romance, of humour and horror, and of an extraordinary time, when ordinary women did extraordinary things.Payment Methods AvailableCheck, Money Order, Visa/MasterCard, Discover, PayPal.Shipping and Handling Cost: $2.92About UsCollector Bookstore the internet's leading retailer of reference books for the collecting community. Our customers include individual collectors, dealers, appraisers, auctioneers & other industry professionals. Our books are ON HAND, ready to ship. We are a direct-from-the publisher retailer; we also welcome author published specialty titles. Shipping PolicyWe ship worldwide! Methods available include US Postal Service Media Rate, Priority, Airmail & Express. We also ship via Federal Express. All shipments are packed professionally and tracked electronically. Most orders ship within 24 hours of payment. Please use the shipping calculator for rate quotes!Return PolicySatisfaction guaranteed! Returns accepted, minus a 10% restocking fee to cover our advertising expense on said item. Shipping is NON-REFUNDABLE. (Main street retailers don't reimburse gas or drive time; it is unreasonable to expect this of online retailers, in our opinion.)
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