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Jamaican Women and the World Wars: On the Front Lines of Change

Autor Dalea Bean
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This book highlights the important, yet often forgotten, roles that Jamaican women played in the World Wars. Predicated on the notion that warfare has historically been an agent of change, Dalea Bean contends that traces of this truism were in Jamaica and illustrates that women have historically been part of the war project, both as soldiers and civilians. This ground-breaking work fills a gap in the historiography of Jamaican women by positioning the World Wars as watershed periods for their changing roles and status in the colony. By unearthing critical themes such as women’s war work as civilians, recruitment of men for service in the British West India Regiment, the local suffrage movement in post-Great War Jamaica, and Jamaican women’s involvement as soldiers in the British Army during the Second World War, this book presents the most extensive and holistic account of Jamaican women’s involvement in the wars.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9783319685847
ISBN-10: 3319685848
Pagini: 299
Ilustrații: XXI, 245 p. 6 illus.
Dimensiuni: 148 x 210 mm
Greutate: 0.47 kg
Ediția:1st ed. 2018
Editura: Springer International Publishing
Colecția Palgrave Macmillan
Locul publicării:Cham, Switzerland

Cuprins

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: War Can No Longer be Confined to the Battlefield: Situating Jamaica in World Wars I and II.- Chapter 3: Doing Their Little Bit: Women’s Organisation of Jamaican World War I Efforts.- Chapter 4: Masculine Duties and Feminine Powers: Gender and Recruiting Efforts during World War I.- Chapter 5: Votes for (some) women now!: The Road to Political Franchise in the Aftermath of War.- Chapter 6: The Woman’s Place is in the War: Continuity and Change in World War II.- Chapter 7: We Were Soldiers: Jamaican Women Enlist in World War II.- Chapter 8: Conclusion.- Index.

Notă biografică

Dalea Bean is Lecturer and Graduate Coordinator at the Institute for Gender and Development Studies (IGDS) at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Jamaica. Before working with the IGDS, she taught in the Department of History and Archaeology at UWI in the areas of women's history and Caribbean history. Her research interests include gender and conflict situations, and women and gender justice in the contemporary Caribbean. She has written book chapters and journal articles, and presented numerous academic papers internationally on these and other topics.

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This book highlights the important, yet often forgotten, roles that Jamaican women played in the World Wars. Predicated on the notion that warfare has historically been an agent of change, Dalea Bean contends that traces of this truism were in Jamaica and illustrates that women have historically been part of the war project, both as soldiers and civilians. This ground-breaking work fills a gap in the historiography of Jamaican women by positioning the World Wars as watershed periods for their changing roles and status in the colony. By unearthing critical themes such as women’s war work as civilians, recruitment of men for service in the British West India Regiment, the local suffrage movement in post-Great War Jamaica, and Jamaican women’s involvement as soldiers in the British Army during the Second World War, this book presents the most extensive and holistic account of Jamaican women’s involvement in the wars.

Caracteristici

Addresses Jamaican women’s previously unrecognised roles in both World Wars Provides rare accounts of military service through women's personal recollections Establishes a link between Jamaican women’s wartime service and general improvements in their socio-political status