The second World War and Irish women : an oral history

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Label

The second World War and Irish women : an oral history

Title remainder

an oral history

Statement of responsibility

Mary Muldowney ; foreword by Diarmaid Ferriter

Creator

• Muldowney, Mary

Subject

• Women -- Ireland -- History -- 20th century
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- Ireland

Language

eng

Summary

"This groundbreaking work evaluates the economic and social status of women in the two Irish states during the years of the Second World War." "Based on interviews with over thirty Irish women, this book covers their experiences during the war years and how the war impacted on them in terms of their public and private roles. Themes such as class and income, employment, health and housing are covered, arising from the women's recollections and international research into women and war. The women, from a variety of family and social backgrounds, mainly lived and worked in Belfast and Dublin between 1939 and 1945, but some of them went to Britain to take up war work. The women's own stories are compared with contemporary observations from a number of sources, including the Mass-Observation diary of Belfast woman, Moya Woodside. Other comparisons are made with newspaper commentaries and the files of government and other public bodies responsible for shaping social policy."--BOOK JACKET

Cataloging source

YDXCP

Dewey number

940.53415082

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography