Irish Women and the Great War

The first full-length study to explore the impact of the Great War on the lives of women in Ireland. Fionnuala Walsh examines women's mobilisation for the war effort, and the impact of the war on their employment opportunities, family and domestic life, social morality and politicisation.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Mobilising for the war effort; 2. Family, welfare and domestic life; 3. Social morality; 4. Working lives; 5. Politicisation; 6. Demobilisation; Conclusion.

About the author

Fionnuala Walsh is a Lecturer in Modern Irish History at University College Dublin.

Summary

The first full-length study to explore the impact of the Great War on the lives of women in Ireland. Fionnuala Walsh examines women's mobilisation for the war effort, and the impact of the war on their employment opportunities, family and domestic life, social morality and politicisation.

Product details

• Authors: Fionnuala Walsh, Fionnuala (University College Dublin) Walsh
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2022
• EAN: 9781108811736
• ISBN: 978-1-108-81173-6
• No. of pages: 266
• Series: Studies in the Social and Cult; Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); European History, First World War, HISTORY / Europe / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Social and cultural history, c 1910 to c 1919, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War I