Book Details
Title: Australian Women at War
Author: Patsy Adam-Smith
Illustrator: N/A
Publisher: Thomas Nelson Australia
Year: 1984
Impression/Edition: N/A
Cover: Hardcover with Dust Jacket
Pages: 386
Dimensions:
Weight:
ISBN: 0 17 006408 5
Battle Scars:
Outside:
Dust jacket is of overall good condition. Shelf wear to edges/corners. There are a couple of small creases and tears in spots of the edges. Superficial scuffing and a couple of incidental marks.
The hardcover beneath displays signs of wear through rubbing to edges and corners, as well as the ends of the spine. There is also some crushing to ends of the spine. Cover is purple and perhaps not as vibrant as it once was. Embossing on spine is intact.
The binding is firm and intact.
Inside:
On the inside of the front cover, a previous owner has taped in some newspaper articles regarding the lives and/or passing of Australian women who served. There are two Pages that have fallen away from the binding (look to be torn from the midline), and have been repaired with clear archival tape (please see pictures). Otherwise, pages appear clean and in good shape, with a couple of light creases here and there.
Don't forget to check the photos below for a visual and make sure you are happy prior to purchase. Happy to answer questions if there is information missing.
Book Content:
Blurb -
"Australian Women at War is a history of how women have responded to war, from 1900, when the first nurses sailed to the Boer War, to 1945 and its aftermath.
In World War I, the only outlet for women was knitting socks, packing 'comforts' for troops and raising money for the war effort. But when World War II threatened our shores, Australian women demanded a chance to defend their country. They suddenly became part of the greatest social experiment with women to be carried out in Australia. Never before had they been so emancipated from the tyranny of home, family and conventional society.
Women worked as mechanics, drivers, coders, on searchlight batteries and in coast artillery; they built planes, manufactured small arms, worked in factories and shipyards and on the land. Women eagerly took jobs which released men for active service overseas.
Patsy Adam-Smith enlisted as a VAD and served in orthopaedic hospitals in northern Australia. She knew the comradeship and the heartbreak of war, and has spoke to enlisted and civilian women: the AWAS, WAAAF, WRANS, VADs, the nursing services, the Red Cross and all the women who worked, laughed, worried and prayed while Australia was at war.
This book records the achievements of our women for all time. It tells of bravery, self-sacrifice, endurance and devotion. It examines the effects of a great upheaval on women's roles.
Women who had been tried by the fire of Depression and war stepped forward to work for and demand opportunities for their daughters. They are no longer a forgotten part of our history.
And when they are asked, "What did you do in the war, Grandma?", they may truly say, "I served".
Book Details
Title: Australian Women at War
Author: Patsy Adam-Smith
Illustrator: N/A
Publisher: Thomas Nelson Australia
Year: 1984
Impression/Edition: N/A
Cover: Hardcover with Dust Jacket
Pages: 386
Dimensions:
Weight:
ISBN: 0 17 006408 5
Battle Scars:
Outside:
Dust jacket is of overall good condition. Shelf wear to edges/corners. There are a couple of small creases and tears in spots of the edges. Superficial scuffing and a couple of incidental marks.
The hardcover beneath displays signs of wear through rubbing to edges and corners, as well as the ends of the spine. There is also some crushing to ends of the spine. Cover is purple and perhaps not as vibrant as it once was. Embossing on spine is intact.
The binding is firm and intact.
Inside:
On the inside of the front cover, a previous owner has taped in some newspaper articles regarding the lives and/or passing of Australian women who served. There are two Pages that have fallen away from the binding (look to be torn from the midline), and have been repaired with clear archival tape (please see pictures). Otherwise, pages appear clean and in good shape, with a couple of light creases here and there.
Don't forget to check the photos below for a visual and make sure you are happy prior to purchase. Happy to answer questions if there is information missing.
Book Content:
Blurb -
"Australian Women at War is a history of how women have responded to war, from 1900, when the first nurses sailed to the Boer War, to 1945 and its aftermath.
In World War I, the only outlet for women was knitting socks, packing 'comforts' for troops and raising money for the war effort. But when World War II threatened our shores, Australian women demanded a chance to defend their country. They suddenly became part of the greatest social experiment with women to be carried out in Australia. Never before had they been so emancipated from the tyranny of home, family and conventional society.
Women worked as mechanics, drivers, coders, on searchlight batteries and in coast artillery; they built planes, manufactured small arms, worked in factories and shipyards and on the land. Women eagerly took jobs which released men for active service overseas.
Patsy Adam-Smith enlisted as a VAD and served in orthopaedic hospitals in northern Australia. She knew the comradeship and the heartbreak of war, and has spoke to enlisted and civilian women: the AWAS, WAAAF, WRANS, VADs, the nursing services, the Red Cross and all the women who worked, laughed, worried and prayed while Australia was at war.
This book records the achievements of our women for all time. It tells of bravery, self-sacrifice, endurance and devotion. It examines the effects of a great upheaval on women's roles.
Women who had been tried by the fire of Depression and war stepped forward to work for and demand opportunities for their daughters. They are no longer a forgotten part of our history.
And when they are asked, "What did you do in the war, Grandma?", they may truly say, "I served".
