The Women's War New Zealand Women 1939 1945

Author: Deborah Montgomerie

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  • : 45.00 NZD
  • : 9781869402440
  • : Auckland University Press
  • : Auckland University Press
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  • : 0.412769
  • : May 2001
  • : 232mm X 142mm X 12mm
  • : New Zealand
  • : 39.95
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  • : Deborah Montgomerie
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  • : Paperback
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  • : English
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Barcode 9781869402440
9781869402440

Description

This work argues that in spite of the dramatic wartime changes in women's lives World War II did not mark a radical shift in gender roles and after its end old patterns were soon restored. Wartime workers and their soldier sweethearts soon reappeared as home-making mums and bread-winning dads.