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Title: OUT OF THE CAGE
WOMEN'S EXPERIENCES IN TWO WORLD WARS
By: Gail Braybon, Penny Summerfield
Format: Paperback

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ISBN 10: 0415752450
ISBN 13: 9780415752459
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Publisher: TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Pub. date: 30 October, 2012
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Women's History
Pages: 352
Description: 'Out of the Cage' brings vividly to life the experiences of working women from all social groups in the two World Wars. Telling a fascinating story, the authors emphasise what the women themselves have had to say, in diaries, memoirs, letters and recorded interviews about the call up and their personal reactions to war.
Synopsis: Originally published in 1987, Out of the Cage brings vividly to life the experiences of working women from all social groups in the two World Wars. Telling a fascinating story, the authors emphasise what the women themselves have had to say, in diaries, memoirs, letters and recorded interviews about the call up, their personal reactions to war, their feelings about pay and the company at work, the effects of war on their health, their relations with men and their home lives; they speak too about how demobilisation affected them, and how they spent the years between two World Wars.
Publication: UK
Imprint: Routledge
Returns: Returnable
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