A force to be reckoned with a history of the Women's Institute

Robinson, Jane, 1959-

Large Print 2012

"Everyone knows three things about the Women's Institute: they spent the war making jam; the sensational Calendar Girls; and that slow-handclapping of Tony Blair. But there's so much more to this remarkable movement."--Back cover.

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ISBN:

9781445846378

Edition:

Large print ed

Description:

299 pages (large print) : ill. ; 24 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references

Contents:

The beginnings : 1897-1913
Taking root : 1913-1918
The women carry on : the First World War
Golden eagle : Lady Denman
Marthas, Marys, pigeons and crows : the 1920s
Change the world in an afternoon : the 1930s
Mum's army : the Second World War
Halibut Hall and the revolutions : 1945-1960
How to be happy though educated : Denman College
Not according to schedule : 1960-1999
Bloody marvellous : 1999 onwards

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907427

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