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Women in the British Army - War and the Gentle Sex, 1907-1948 (Paperback, New Ed)
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Women in the British Army - War and the Gentle Sex, 1907-1948 (Paperback, New Ed)
Series: Women's and Gender History
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From Boadicea to Joan of Arc, through wars of occupation and
resistance, to civil wars and world wars, women have been active
participants in warfare at many different points in history and in
many different situations. However, women's presence in the forces
has consistently been viewed as problematic and in this
fascinating, timely and engaging study, Lucy Noakes examines
women's role in the army, and female military organizations, during
the First and Second World Wars, as well as during peacetime, in
the interwar era and postwar period. Providing a unique examination
of women's struggle for acceptance by the British army, Noakes
argues that women in uniform during the first half of the twentieth
century, challenged traditional notions of gender and threatened to
destabilize clear-cut notions of identity by unsettling the
masculine territory of warfare. Noakes also examines the tensions
that arose as the army attempted to reconcile its need for female
labor with their desire to ensure that the military remained a male
preserve.
Drawing on a range of archival sources, including previously
unpublished letters and diaries, official documents, newspapers and
magazines, Women in the British Army uncovers the gendered
discourses of the army to reveal that it was a key site in the
formation of male and female identities.
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