Material Traces of War

Stories of Canadian Women and Conflict, 1914—1945

Stacey Barker, Krista Cooke, Molly McCullough

• Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
• Year: 2021
• eBook ISBN: 9780776629216
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: North American History
• Index: History

This volume looks at Canadian women's experiences of, and contributions to, the world wars through objects, images, and archival documents. The book tells the stories of women who worked as civilians, served in the military, volunteered their time, and grieved lost loved ones, through thematically organized vignettes.The authors place these personal narratives of individual woman, and their related material culture, in the wider context of the world wars while demonstrating that the experience of living through global conflict was as individual as a woman's particular circumstances. Drawing from the collections of the Canadian War Museum, the Canadian Museum of History, and other public and private collections in Canada, Material Traces of War brings largely unknown material culture collections to public view and draws attention to the untold stories of women and war.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Abstract/Résumé
• List of Figures
• Foreword
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction: World at War, Women at War 1
• CHAPTER 1 That Men May Fight: Women and Military Service during the World Wars
• CHAPTER 2 Selfless Service: Women and Volunteering in Wartime
• CHAPTER 3 Backing the Attack: Women Workers at War
• CHAPTER 4 “Deeply Regret to Inform You”: Women, Worry, and Loss
• Conclusion
• References
• Index
• Back Cover