 Women left behind after World War One
Following the horrific death toll in the First World War, a generation of women who had been brought up to expect that marriage and children would be their destiny found that there were simply not enough men to go round. To discuss how these ‘surplus women’ found new roles for themselves and how they were accepted by society, Jane Little is joined by Research Fellow in History at the University of the West of England, Katherine Holden and by Virginia Nicholson, whose book Singled Out is the Radio 4 'Book of the Week' next week.
Singled Out by Virginia Nicholson is published by Viking, ISBN: 978-0-670-91564-4
The Shadow of Marriage - Singleness in England, 1914 – 1960 by Katherine Holden will be published by MUP in November, ISBN: 978 0719 068 928 |
