Author(s): Adie, Kate,
Binding: Paperback,
Date of Publication: 10/04/2014,
Pagination: 352 pages, 2 x 8 pg b&w insets,
Series: N/A,
Imprint: Hodder Paperback,
Published By: Hodder & Stoughton General Division,
Book Classification: First World War, Gender studies: women 
ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9781444759693
Description:

Bestselling author and award-winning former BBC Chief News Correspondent Kate Adie reveals the ways in which women's lives changed during World War One and what the impact has been for women in its centenary year. IN 1914 THE WORLD CHANGED forever. When World War One broke out and a generation of men went off to fight, bestselling author and From Our Own Correspondent presenter Kate Adie shows how women emerged from the shadows of their domestic lives.

Now a visible force in public life, they began to take up essential roles - from transport to policing, munitions to sport, entertainment, even politics. They had finally become citizens, a recognised part of the war machine, acquiring their own rights and often an independent income. The former BBC Chief News Correspondent charts the seismic move towards equal rights with men that began a century ago and through unique first-hand research shows just how momentous the achievements of those pioneering women were.

This is history at its best - a vivid, compelling account of the women who helped win the war as well as a revealing assessment of their legacy for women's lives today.