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This book highlights the important, yet often forgotten, roles that
Jamaican women played in the World Wars. Predicated on the notion
that warfare has historically been an agent of change, Dalea Bean
contends that traces of this truism were in Jamaica and illustrates
that women have historically been part of the war project, both as
soldiers and civilians. This ground-breaking work fills a gap in
the historiography of Jamaican women by positioning the World Wars
as watershed periods for their changing roles and status in the
colony. By unearthing critical themes such as women's war work as
civilians, recruitment of men for service in the British West India
Regiment, the local suffrage movement in post-Great War Jamaica,
and Jamaican women's involvement as soldiers in the British Army
during the Second World War, this book presents the most extensive
and holistic account of Jamaican women's involvement in the wars.
This book highlights the important, yet often forgotten, roles that
Jamaican women played in the World Wars. Predicated on the notion
that warfare has historically been an agent of change, Dalea Bean
contends that traces of this truism were in Jamaica and illustrates
that women have historically been part of the war project, both as
soldiers and civilians. This ground-breaking work fills a gap in
the historiography of Jamaican women by positioning the World Wars
as watershed periods for their changing roles and status in the
colony. By unearthing critical themes such as women's war work as
civilians, recruitment of men for service in the British West India
Regiment, the local suffrage movement in post-Great War Jamaica,
and Jamaican women's involvement as soldiers in the British Army
during the Second World War, this book presents the most extensive
and holistic account of Jamaican women's involvement in the wars.
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