The centenary of the First World War in 2014-18 offers an opportunity to reflect upon the role of gender history in shaping our understanding of this pivotal in

The First World War cannot be sufficiently documented and understood without considering the analytical category of gender. This exciting volume examines key is

Essays analyze the two world wars in respect to gender politics and reassesses the differences between men and women in relation to 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 e

During World War I the U.S. demanded that all able-bodied men work or fight. White men who were husbands and fathers, owned property or worked at approved jobs