Singled out: how two million women survived without men after the First World War
by Nicholson, Virginia.
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BookPublisher: Penguin 2008ISBN: 9780141020624; 0141020628.Classification number: 306.8153 NICSubject(s): World War, 1914-1918 -- Women -- Great Britain | War widows -- Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 20th century | Single women -- Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 20th century | World War, 1914-1918 -- Social aspects -- Great BritainSubject: After the First World War a generation of women who believed marriage to be their birthright discovered that there were simply not enough men left to go round. Tracing their fates, Nicholson shows how the single woman of the inter-war years had to depend on herself and, in doing so, helped change society.
Bibliography: p. 285-292
Includes index
After the First World War a generation of women who believed marriage to be their birthright discovered that there were simply not enough men left to go round. Tracing their fates, Nicholson shows how the single woman of the inter-war years had to depend on herself and, in doing so, helped change society.
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