02428cam a22003373u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003701000130007804000110009104100170010205000090011910000330012824500210016126400510018230000470023333600260028033700260030633800360033250000310036850801730039952012120057253400720178465300340185665300380189070000480192885600710197685600430204772085UtSlPG20260610134651.0mcr n260607r20231918utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d a18012006 aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aD5011 aMcLaren, Barbara,d1887-197310aWomen of the war 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2023 a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats atextbtxt2rdacontent acomputerbc2rdamedia aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier aRelease date is 2023-11-10 aFiona Holmes and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive.) a"Women of the War" by Barbara McLaren is a historical account written in the early 20th century. This work highlights the remarkable contributions of women during World War I, focusing specifically on various roles they undertook to support the war effort. The narratives within the book provide a unique perspective on the impact of women in contexts typically dominated by men, illustrating their determination and versatility. The opening of the text establishes its context by featuring the introduction by H. H. Asquith, which emphasizes the unprecedented roles that women embraced during the war and their substantial contributions to medical, agricultural, and industrial fields. It sets the stage for the subsequent chapters that promise to share individual stories of women like Dr. Garrett Anderson, Dr. Flora Murray, and Lady Paget, who actively participated in various capacities ranging from managing military hospitals to undertaking dangerous fieldwork. These accounts aim not just to honor individual achievements but also to inspire and leave a lasting impression of the significant, if often overlooked, roles women played in wartime society. (This is an automatically generated summary.) pOriginally published:cUnited States: George H. Doran Company, 1918 aWorld War, 1914-1918 -- Women aWorld War, 1914-1918 -- Hospitals1 aAsquith, H. H.q(Herbert Henry),d1852-19284 uhttps://archive.org/details/01120060R.nlm.nih.gov/page/n3/mode/2up40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/72085