Author : Kim Heikkila
Publisher : Minnesota Historical Society
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 11,95 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780873516372
Fifteen Minnesota nurses spent a year caring for the casualties of a divisive war, only to come home and descend into isolated silence. To heal themselves, they banded together as veterans.
Author : Sarah Glassford
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 22,85 MB
Release : 2012-04-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0774822589
As the body of First World War literature continues to grow, women’s experiences of this period remain largely obscure.This innovative collection addresses the invisibility of women in this literature, particularly with regard to Canadian and Newfoundland history. Drawing upon a multidisciplinary spectrum of recent work – studies on mobilizing women, paid and volunteer employment at home and overseas, grief, childhood, family life, and literary representations ?– this book brings Canadian and Newfoundland women and girls into the history of the First World War and marks their place in the narrative of national transformation.
Author : Lana Kortchik
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 32,13 MB
Release : 2018-12-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0008314837
*The USA Today bestseller!* Can their bond survive under the shadow of occupation? For fans of The Tattooist of Auschwitz and The German Midwife comes this unforgettable tale of love, loss, family, and the power of hope.
Author : Sarah Glassford
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 31,22 MB
Release : 2012-04-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0774822597
As the body of First World War literature continues to grow, women’s experiences of this period remain largely obscure, particularly those of Canadian and Newfoundland women. A Sisterhood of Suffering and Service explores this obscurity and begins to redress it. This innovative collection discusses women’s activities in the workforce, overseas, within the domestic realm, and in literary representations to show that women were not bystanders who were quietly knitting for the duration; rather, they actively participated in wartime society, served their country in a variety of ways, made sacrifices, and were deeply affected by the vagaries of war. Incorporating the experiences of Newfoundland with those of Canada, and looking at girls as well as women, the volume enriches our knowledge of an important era in Canadian nation building and takes a step towards writing women into the historical narratives of the First World War.
Author : Judith Ann Giesberg
Publisher : UPNE
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 17,87 MB
Release : 2006-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781555536589
A study that challenges established scholarship on the history of women's public activism.
Author : Elizabeth P. McIntosh
Publisher : Thorndike Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 20,65 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Large type books
ISBN : 9780783891552
The daring missions and cloak-and-dagger skullduggery of America's World War II intelligence agency, the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), have become the stuff of legend. Yet the contributions of the four thousand women who made up one-fifth of its staff have gone largely unheralded. Here, at last, are their fascinating stories, told by one of their own. A seasoned journalist and veteran of sensitive OSS and CIA operations, McIntosh draws on her own experiences and in-depth interviews with more than one hundred OSS women to uncover some of the most tantalizing stories and best-kept secrets of the war.
Author : Brian Herbert
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 27,67 MB
Release : 2012-01-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0765322730
Decades after the Battle of Corrin destroys the thinking machines and establishes Faykan Butler as the first Imperium Emperor, war hero Vor turns his back on political descendants who blame him for their downfall while Gilbertus Albans hides an unbelievable secret and the Butlerian movement sweeps through the known universe intent on destroying technology.
Author : Emily Yellin
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 19,43 MB
Release : 2010-05-11
Category : History
ISBN : 1439103585
Our Mothers' War is a stunning and unprecedented portrait of women during World War II, a war that forever transformed the way women participate in American society. Never before has the vast range of women's experiences during this pivotal era been brought together in one book. Now, Our Mothers' War re-creates what American women from all walks of life were doing and thinking, on the home front and abroad. These heartwarming and sometimes heartbreaking accounts of the women we have known as mothers, aunts, and grandmothers reveal facets of their lives that have usually remained unmentioned and unappreciated. Our Mothers' War gives center stage to one of WWII's most essential fighting forces: the women of America, whose extraordinary bravery, strength, and humanity shine through on every page.
Author : V.S. Alexander
Publisher : Kensington Publishing Corporation
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 36,10 MB
Release : 2022-07-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1496734793
During one of the darkest periods of World War II, two Jewish sisters and a family friend living on the Aryan side of the Warsaw Ghetto form a trio called The War Girls who fight to rescue their loved ones, finding courage through sisterhood to keep hopealive.
Author : Tochi Onyebuchi
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 43,12 MB
Release : 2020-11-17
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 1984835068
In the epic, action-packed sequel to the "brilliant" (Booklist, starred review) novel War Girls, the battles are over, but the fight for justice has just begun. It's been five years since the Biafran War ended. Ify is now nineteen and living where she's always dreamed--the Space Colonies. She is a respected, high-ranking medical officer and has dedicated her life to helping refugees like herself rebuild in the Colonies. Back in the still devastated Nigeria, Uzo, a young synth, is helping an aid worker, Xifeng, recover images and details of the war held in the technology of destroyed androids. Uzo, Xifeng, and the rest of their team are working to preserve memories of the many lives lost, despite the government's best efforts to eradicate any signs that the war ever happened. Though they are working toward common goals of helping those who suffered, Ify and Uzo are worlds apart. But when a mysterious virus breaks out among the children in the Space Colonies, their paths collide. Ify makes it her mission to figure out what's causing the deadly disease. And doing so means going back to the homeland she thought she'd left behind forever.
