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Irish Women in the First World War Era - Irish Women's Lives, 1914-18 (Paperback)
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Irish Women in the First World War Era - Irish Women's Lives, 1914-18 (Paperback)
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This book is the first collection of essays to focus exclusively on
Irish women's experiences in the First World War period, 1914-18,
across the island of Ireland, contextualising the wartime realities
of women's lives in a changing political landscape. The essays
consider experiences ranging from the everyday realities of poverty
and deprivation, to the contributions made to the war effort by
women through philanthropy and by working directly with refugees.
Gendered norms and assumptions about women's behaviour are
critically analysed, from the rhetoric surrounding 'separation
women' and their use of alcohol, to the navigation of public spaces
and the attempts to deter women from perceived immoral behaviour.
Political life is also examined by leading scholars in the field,
including accounts from women on both sides of the 'Irish question'
and the impact the war had on their activism and ambitions.
Finally, new light is shed on the experiences of women working in
munitions factories around Ireland and the complexity of this work
in the Irish context is explored. Throughout, it is asserted that
while there were many commonalities in women's experiences
throughout the British and Irish Isles at this time, the particular
political context of Ireland added a different, and in many
respects an unexamined, dimension. This book was originally
published as a special issue of Women's History Review.
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