'Playing at Being Soldiers?' British women and military uniform in the First World War

Lucy Noakes

'Playing at Being Soldiers?' British women and military uniform in the First World War

Lucy Noakes

University of Brighton

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Abstract

This Chapter examines the impact that the First World War had on women's dress. It focuses on the debates that surrounded women in uniform, both official and unofficial, that appeared in the press during the war, and compares the appearance and reception of women's unofficial, paramilitary organisations with that of the official Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, created in 1917.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	British Popular Culture and the First World War
Editors	Jessica Meyer
Place of Publication	Leiden, Netherlands
Publisher	Brill
Pages	123-146
Number of pages	24
ISBN (Print)	9789004166585
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2008

Bibliographical note

This book Chapter is developed from a paper that I delivered at the 2006 Conference 'The First World War and Popular Culture' held at the University of Newcastle, UK

Keywords

dress
femininity
uniform
First World War

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'Playing at Being Soldiers?' British women and military uniform in the First World War

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