Women in the war : the last heroines of Britain's greatest generation

Book 2022

Poignant and inspiring tales from the heroines of our greatest generation - the final words of the surviving women of the Second World War. Women in the War beautifully weaves together the oral histories of ten remarkable women who dedicated their young adulthood to the war effort. From aiding codebreaking at Bletchley Park to plotting the Battle of the Atlantic and working alongside Churchill in the War Rooms below Whitehall, these are the women...

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World War, 1939-1945 Women Great Britain

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ISBN:

9780008456146

Description:

xvii, 316 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm

Notes:

Originally published: 2021
Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents:

Marguerite Turner : nurse in the Voluntary Aid Detachment
Marjorie Clark : coder attached to the Special Operations Executive
Hilda Bainbridge : Land Girl in the Women's Land Army
Jay Edwards : pilot in the Air Transport Auxiliary
Joy Hunter : secretary in the Cabinet War Rooms
Ena Collymore-Woodstock : radar operator in the Auxiliary Territorial Service
Catherine Drummond : wireless operator in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force
Betty Webb : paraphraser in the Intelligence Corps at Bletchley Park
Connie Hoe : munitions factory worker
Christian Lamb : plotter in the Women's Royal Naval Service

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2021387402

Control Number:

3285378

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