Margaret H. Darrow Dartmouth College

'Darrow succeeds in recapturing the lost female voices of the Great War. Her attempt to rescue them from oblivion is a helpful contribution to the history of collective memory and the French experience of war.'Times Literary Supplement'This book represents a very useful resource for those interested in the history, gendered or otherwise, of the First World War, presenting as it does a vast range of important and interesting information and analysis in one volume.'Modern and Contemporary France'This impressive and well-written study of French women is a valuable contribution to the continuing expansion of knowledge of what is still known in Europe as the 'Great War."Choice'A welcome addition to recent historiography of the First World War.'War in History

• AcknowledgementsList of Abbreviations1. Woman and War2. Women's War Imagined: 1871-19143. The Mobilization of Femininity4. War Heroines/War Victims5. White Angels of the Battlefield6. French Women in the War Economy7. "I Want To Be Militarized"8. The Enemy Was a WomanConclusionSelect BibliographyIndex

Margaret H. Darrow Dartmouth College

'Darrow succeeds in recapturing the lost female voices of the Great War. Her attempt to rescue them from oblivion is a helpful contribution to the history of collective memory and the French experience of war.'Times Literary Supplement'This book represents a very useful resource for those interested in the history, gendered or otherwise, of the First World War, presenting as it does a vast range of important and interesting information and analysis in one volume.'Modern and Contemporary France'This impressive and well-written study of French women is a valuable contribution to the continuing expansion of knowledge of what is still known in Europe as the 'Great War."Choice'A welcome addition to recent historiography of the First World War.'War in History

• AcknowledgementsList of Abbreviations1. Woman and War2. Women's War Imagined: 1871-19143. The Mobilization of Femininity4. War Heroines/War Victims5. White Angels of the Battlefield6. French Women in the War Economy7. "I Want To Be Militarized"8. The Enemy Was a WomanConclusionSelect BibliographyIndex

Margaret H. Darrow Dartmouth College

'Darrow succeeds in recapturing the lost female voices of the Great War. Her attempt to rescue them from oblivion is a helpful contribution to the history of collective memory and the French experience of war.'Times Literary Supplement'This book represents a very useful resource for those interested in the history, gendered or otherwise, of the First World War, presenting as it does a vast range of important and interesting information and analysis in one volume.'Modern and Contemporary France'This impressive and well-written study of French women is a valuable contribution to the continuing expansion of knowledge of what is still known in Europe as the 'Great War."Choice'A welcome addition to recent historiography of the First World War.'War in History

• AcknowledgementsList of Abbreviations1. Woman and War2. Women's War Imagined: 1871-19143. The Mobilization of Femininity4. War Heroines/War Victims5. White Angels of the Battlefield6. French Women in the War Economy7. "I Want To Be Militarized"8. The Enemy Was a WomanConclusionSelect BibliographyIndex