Irish Women in the First World War Era

Irish Women in the First World War Era
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 321
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ISBN-10 : 9781000145083
ISBN-13 : 1000145085
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Book Synopsis Irish Women in the First World War Era by : Jennifer Redmond

Download or read book Irish Women in the First World War Era written by Jennifer Redmond and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-05-21 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first collection of essays to focus exclusively on Irish women’s experiences in the First World War period, 1914-18, across the island of Ireland, contextualising the wartime realities of women’s lives in a changing political landscape. The essays consider experiences ranging from the everyday realities of poverty and deprivation, to the contributions made to the war effort by women through philanthropy and by working directly with refugees. Gendered norms and assumptions about women’s behaviour are critically analysed, from the rhetoric surrounding ‘separation women’ and their use of alcohol, to the navigation of public spaces and the attempts to deter women from perceived immoral behaviour. Political life is also examined by leading scholars in the field, including accounts from women on both sides of the ‘Irish question’ and the impact the war had on their activism and ambitions. Finally, new light is shed on the experiences of women working in munitions factories around Ireland and the complexity of this work in the Irish context is explored. Throughout, it is asserted that while there were many commonalities in women’s experiences throughout the British and Irish Isles at this time, the particular political context of Ireland added a different, and in many respects an unexamined, dimension. This book was originally published as a special issue of Women’s History Review.


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