The second line of defense : American women and World War I /

"In tracing the rise of the modern idea of the American "new woman," Lynn Dumenil examines World War I's surprising impact on women and, in turn, women's impact on the war. Telling the stories of a diverse group of women, including African Americans, dissidents, pacifists, r...

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Autore principale: Dumenil, Lynn, 1950- (Autore)
Natura: Licensed eBooks
Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press [2017]
Accesso online:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5149/9781469631226_dumenil
Sommario:
  • Women, politics, and protest
  • Channeling womanpower: maternalism and World War I mobilization
  • Over there: women abroad in World War I
  • The second line of defense: women workers and war
  • Visual representations of women in popular culture.