Women and evacuation in the Second World War : femininity, domesticity and motherhood / Maggie Andrews.

Introduction ; 1. Myths, Memories and Memorials of Evacuation ; 2. Femininity, Domesticity and Motherhood 1900-1939 ; 3. Nationalising Hundreds and Thousands of Women: A Domestic Response to a National Problem ; 4. The Challenges of Enforced Intimacy: Looking after Evacuees ; 5. Mothers Encouraged t...

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Main Author: Andrews, Maggie (Author)
Language:English
Published: London, UK ; New York, NY, USA : Bloomsbury Academic, 2019.
Subjects:
Evacuation of civilians (1939-1945 : World War)
World War, 1939-1945 > Women.
World War, 1939-1945 > Evacuation of civilians.
Women.
Evakuierung.
Frau.
Soziale Situation.
Weltkrieg > 1939-1945.
1939-1945
Physical Description:222 pages ; 24 cm
Format: Book
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Summary:
Introduction ; 1. Myths, Memories and Memorials of Evacuation ; 2. Femininity, Domesticity and Motherhood 1900-1939 ; 3. Nationalising Hundreds and Thousands of Women: A Domestic Response to a National Problem ; 4. The Challenges of Enforced Intimacy: Looking after Evacuees ; 5. Mothers Encouraged to Wave Goodbye ; 6. Women's Organisations and Evacuation ; 7. Women Were Paid to Care: Teachers, Social Workers and Psychologists ; 8. Afterword: The Post-war Idealisation of the Family in the Wake Evacuation.
Call Number:D810.W7 A53 2019
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-217) and index.
ISBN:1441140689
9781441140685