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There are 42 items in Women's history
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Girls in Khaki

by Barbara Green
The Auxiliary Territorial Service was formed in 1938 as Britain faced the threat of war. This is the story of those remarkable women
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History's Midwives

by Joan E Grundy
Beginning with the story of how childbirth was conducted in the 17th and 18th century this goes on to look at midwife licensing including the names of over 2,000 midwives, childbeaing women & medical men.
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Hons & Rebels

by Jessica Mitford
Hons and Rebels is an enchanting and deeply absorbing memoir of an isolated and eccentric upbringing which conceals beneath its witty, light-hearted surface much wisdom and depth of feeling.
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How The Girl Guides Won the war

by Janie Hampton
A completely original history of one of the most extraordinary movements in the world -- the Girl Guides -- and how they helped win the war.
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Iris Murdoch a Writer At War

by Peter Conradi
A fascinating private memoir which sheds new light on a brilliant mind in development, but also a remarkable historical document of life behind the scenes during the Second World War.
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Jambusters

by Julie Summers
Jambusters tells the story of the minute and idiosyncratic details of everyday life during the Second World War for the 5,546 Women's Institutes and how they helped to improve the lot of millions of their fellow Britons.
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Lady Under Fire

by Andrew Hallam
A collection of letters from Lady Dorothie Fielding, a volunteer with the Munro Motor Ambulance Corps in the First World War, this offers a fascinating and possibly unique feminine perspective on the Western Front.
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Land Girls

by Joan Mant
The Women's Land Army was actually founded in 1917, but it was during the Second World War that it attracted the kind of attention which assured its place in the annals of the British war effort.
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Maidens' Trip

by Emma Smith
Maidens' Trip is a classic memoir of the growth to maturity of three young women in the exceptional circumstances of Britain at war.
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Millions Like Us

by Virginia Nicholson
Strong on narrative and emotion, Millions Like Us tracks women’s experiences of a momentous decade through a host of individual stories, drawing on autobiographies, archives and living memory.
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