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Williams, Mari A.

 
9780708317266: A Forgotten Army: Female Munitions Workers of South Wales 1939-1945
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ISBN 10: 070831726X ISBN 13: 9780708317266
Casa editrice: Univ of Wales Pr, 2002

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The Second World War brought about a remarkable expansion in female work opportunities in south Wales. Women suddenly found themselves performing unfamiliar work in unfamiliar surroundings and earning relatively handsome wages. Yet, despite the dramatic changes such work caused, surprisingly little is known about the experiences of women employed in the munitions factories of south Wales. A Forgotten Army aims to recover their lost voices and to highlight the vital role played by Welsh 'munitionettes' in the Second World War.
Through a detailed analysis of contemporary sources and interviews with former war workers, Mari Williams reconstructs the experiences of Welsh women who found themselves undertaking essential munitions work. The events of wartime are placed against the background of the wider Welsh social, economic and cultural context, while their long-term effects upon the lives of women and their communities in south Wales are also discussed in detail.
A Forgotten Army is a major contribution to our knowledge of twentieth-century Welsh women's history, as well as a significant reassessment of the impact of the Second World War on Welsh society.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Mari A. Williams was formerly a Research Fellow and Project Leader at the University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth, and is currently Project Officer with ‘Gathering the Jewels’, a national project for the digitization of learning materials in Wales. She is the author of The Welsh Language in 1891 (1999, with Gwenfair Parry) and co-editor (with Geraint H. Jenkins) of ‘Let’s Do Our Best For The Ancient Tongue’: The Welsh Language in the Twentieth Century (2000).

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Editore
Univ of Wales Pr
Data di pubblicazione
2002
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
070831726X
ISBN 13 
9780708317266
Rilegatura
Copertina rigida
Numero di pagine
392
Contatto del produttore
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