French Women and the First World War
Darrow, Margaret Despite acts of female heroism, popular memory, as well as official memorialization in monuments and historic sites, has ignored French women's role in the First World War.French Women and the First World War examines the ways French women served their country -- from charity work, nursing and munitions manufacture to volunteering for military service and espionage. In tracing stories about war heroines, as well as villainesses like Mate Hari,...