Virginia Nicholson was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne and grew up in Yorkshire and Sussex. I didn’t finish the book but plan to request it again from the library. The young ladies who imagined a life with husband, children and a traditional place in society (considering the norm of those times) had to adjust to a completely different way of life. Some of the men who returned suffered from PTSD ( called shell shock back then) or from awful debilitating injuries and were unable to resume the life they left. This blurb form the book tells you quite a bit.Ī chapter about “Surplus Women” tells us about consequences of women who weren’t able to marry as their fiancées were killed during the war.

Those passages tell you so much about their resolve, their loneliness and in many cases about ambition to make life better for women in the workplace. There are excerpts from diaries and memoirs written by the women of that era. The author clearly researched this in great detail and so it read like a textbook at times. OK, that should go without saying considering the topic and title. It’s definitely a scholarly publication and not a beach read at all. Since the subject matter and time period is one I am interested in I had to get on the list. This book is a newly acquired item at our local library. Compare Standard and Premium Digital here.Īny changes made can be done at any time and will become effective at the end of the trial period, allowing you to retain full access for 4 weeks, even if you downgrade or cancel.Singled Out: How Two Million British Women Survived Without Men After the First World War. You may also opt to downgrade to Standard Digital, a robust journalistic offering that fulfils many user’s needs. If you’d like to retain your premium access and save 20%, you can opt to pay annually at the end of the trial.

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Millions Like Us by Virginia Nicholson