CALL FOR CONFERENCE PAPERS Voices of Women in the Great War and its Aftermath Taking place at The Black Country Living Museum, 2 Tipton Rd, Dudley DY1 4SQ on 13-14 April 2018 Although the Great War is often…
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Third Annual Commemoration for Brave British Women in Medical Missions in Serbia and other fronts during the Great War
Zvezdana Popovik has provided information on two events. The first was the subject of the WHN Blog on 22nd March. However, as a reminder: Since 2017 marks the centenary of Dr Elsie Inglis’s death, Guest speaker, Alan Cumming, Scottish Women’s Hospitals…
Commemoration of women in foreign missions during the Great War
Zvezdana Popovic An event to commemorate the lives of the brave women in foreign medical missions in Serbia during the Great War is being held. Details appear below. However, it is worth briefly explaining the back ground to…
Revisiting Home Fronts: Gender, War & Conflict – Part 2
Poppies at the Tower – Remembering World War I Photography: Robin R. Joyce Revisiting Home Fronts: Gender, War and Conflict Women’s History Network Annual Conference, 2014 Introduction ‘Revisiting Home Fronts: Gender, War & Conflict’ was the title and theme of…
Life At Home During The Great War
The Great War was not the end of everything. Cultural entertainment continued, although tinged with a patriotic influence. Literary works and poetry, theatre, music and motion pictures adopted a militant vision of society. Schools, the press and popular literature drew heavily on anti-foreign and patriotic sentiments, making it easy to demonise the German enemy. Military music and anthems were played on the radio and there were musical performances held for large audiences.