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CRRL Picks - Great Lives 2018 - Women Soldiers of WWI

Tuesday, February 6, 7:30, Elizabeth Cobb, author of The Hello Girls, will discuss women soldiers of WWI. At UMW Dodd Auditorium.

Central Rappahannock Regional Library

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  • Biography is the most intimate approach to history and the most entertaining. UMW’s Great Lives lecture series reveals how extraordinary people – some born to privilege and power, others from modest backgrounds – shaped art, literature,…
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  • The Hello Girls

    America's First Women Soldiers

    Cobbs, Elizabeth
    Ordinary girls swore an Army oath to become telephone operators, linking generals relaying orders to soldiers in the trenches. After the war, they were sent home with nothing more than a pat on the head.
    BookCambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2017. — 940.4127 Co
  • More than 40,000 women served in WWI in support, relief, and military duties. This book is full of personal stories, photos, and background information.
    eBookNiwot, Colo. : University Press of Colorado, [1997], ©1997. — 940.4008 Ga
  • Elsie and Mairi Go to War

    Two Extraordinary Women on the Western Front

    Atkinson, Diane
    A divorced lady motorcyclist and a teenage girl mechanic drove ambulances in Belgium and set up a first-aid post under enemy fire. After four years, they faced an even greater challenge--they went home.
    BookNew York : Pegasus, 2010. — 940.47541 At
  • Loving Arms

    British Women Writing the Second World War

    Schneider, Karen
    War-related writings from five British women, exploring "the connections [between] gender, war, and storytelling."
    eBookLexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, [1997], ©1997. — 820.9358 Sc
  • On Her Their Lives Depend

    Munitions Workers in the Great War

    Woollacott, Angela, 1955-
    Even if they weren't on the front lines, WWI munitions workers were vital to the war effort. The enemies they faced were often their bosses, trade unionists, and other women in the workplace.
    eBookBerkeley : University of California Press, [1994], ©1994. — 940.341 Wo
  • The Radium Girls

    the Dark Story of America's Shining Women

    Moore, Kate (Writer and editor)
    A coveted war job for women was to be a "shining girl" - painting clock faces with a new, glowing substance called radium. Then they started getting sick. (Also available as an eBook, eAudio, and audio CD).
    BookNaperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks, Inc., 2017. — 363.1799 Mo
  • Women Heroes of World War I

    16 Remarkable Resisters, Soldiers, Spies, and Medics

    Atwood, Kathryn J.
    The stories of 16 "brave yet largely forgotten women" who served their countries during WWI as "resisters, soldiers, spies, and medics." (Also available as an eBook).
    BookChicago, Ill. : Chicago Review Press, Incorporated, 2014. — 920 At