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A Sisterhood of Suffering and Service : Women and Girls of Canada and Newfoundland during the First World War

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As the body of First World War literature continues to grow, women's experiences of this period remain largely obscure. This innovative collection addresses the invisibility of women in this literature, particularly with regard to Canadian and Newfoundland history. Drawing upon a multidisciplinary spectrum of recent work ? studies on mobilizing women, paid and volunteer employment at home and overseas, grief, childhood, family life, and literary representations ? this book brings Canadian and Newfoundland women and girls into the history of the First World War and marks their place in the narrative of national transformation.

Table of Contents

Contents
Page 6-7

Acknowledgments
Page 8-11

Introduction: Transformation in a Time of War?
Page 12-35

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Part 1: Mobilizing Women
Page 36-109

-----1 “In Defense of the Empire” The Six Nations of the Grand River and the Great War
Page 40-61

-----2 The Unquiet Knitters of Newfoundland: From Mothers of the Regiment to Mothers of the Nation
Page 62-85

-----3 Freshettes, Farmerettes, and Feminine Fortitude at the University of Toronto during the First World War
Page 86-109

Part 2: Women’s Work?
Page 110-181

-----4 Gendering Patriotism: Canadian Volunteer Nurses as the Female“Soldiers” of the Great War
Page 114-136

-----5 “Such Sights One Will Never Forget”: Newfoundland Women and Overseas Nursing in the First World War
Page 137-158

-----6 Patriotic, Not Permanent: Attitudes about Women’s MakingBombs and Being Bankers
Page 159-181

Part 3: Family Matters
Page 182-251

-----7 An Honour and a Burden: Canadian Girls and the Great War
Page 184-205

-----8 Supporting Soldiers’ Wives and Families in the Great War: What Was Transformed?
Page 206-229

-----9 Marks of Grief: Black Attire, Medals, and Service Flags
Page 230-251

Part 4: Creative Responses
Page 252-325

-----10 Verses in the Darkness: A Newfoundland Poet Responds to the First World War
Page 256-280

-----11 “’Twas You, Mother, Made Me a Man”: The Motherhood Motif in the Poetry of the First World War
Page 281-303

-----12 “Mother, Lover, Nurse”: The Reassertion of ConventionalGender Norms in Representationsof Disability in Canadian Novelsof the First World War
Page 304-325

Conclusion
Page 326-333

Selected Bibliography
Page 334-340

Contributors
Page 341-343

Index
Page 344-357

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Book Details

Title

A Sisterhood of Suffering and Service

Subtitle

Women and Girls of Canada and Newfoundland during the First World War

Contributors

Sarah Glassford,
Amy J. Shaw

Publisher

UBC Press

Publication date

2010-05-01

Pages

viii, 345 p.

Print ISBN

9780774822565

eBook ISBN

9780774822589

LC Subjects

World War, 1914-1918 - Women - Canada., World War, 1914-1918 - Children - Canada., World War, 1914-1918 - Women - Newfoundland and Labrador., World War, 1914-1918 - Children - Newfoundland and Labrador., World War, 1914-1918 - Canada - Literature and the war., World War, 1914-1918 - Newfoundland and Labrador - Literature and the war.

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Professional and scholarly

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