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Debs at War - 1939-1945 (Paperback)
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Debs at War - 1939-1945 (Paperback)
Series: Women in History
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List price R343
Loot Price R280
Discovery Miles 2 800
You Save R63 (18%)
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An extraordinary account - from firsthand sources - of upper class
women and the active part they took in the War Pre-war debutantes
were members of the most protected, not to say isolated, stratum of
20th-century society: the young (17-20) unmarried daughters of the
British upper classes. For most of them, the war changed all that
for ever. It meant independence and the shock of the new, and daily
exposure to customs and attitudes that must have seemed completely
alien to them. For many, the almost military regime of an upper
class childhood meant they were well suited for the no-nonsense
approach needed in wartime. This book records the extraordinary
diversity of challenges, shocks and responsibilities they faced -
as chauffeurs, couriers, ambulance-drivers, nurses, pilots, spies,
decoders, factory workers, farmers, land girls, as well as in the
Women's Services. How much did class barriers really come down? Did
they stick with their own sort? And what about fun and love in
wartime - did love cross the class barriers?
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