From camp follower to lady in uniform: Women, social class and military institutions before 1920

Contemporary European History

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 353-373

  Vining, Margaret ^a   Hacker, Barton C ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

CIVIL DEFENSE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HISTORY; HYGIENE; LEGAL ASPECT; MILITARY NURSING; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOLDIER; VOLUNTARY WORKER; WAR; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

CIVIL DEFENSE; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPE; GENDER IDENTITY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; MILITARY HYGIENE; MILITARY NURSING; MILITARY PERSONNEL; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIETIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VOLUNTARY WORKERS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS; WOMEN, WORKING; WORLD WAR I;

EID: 34247731738     PISSN: 09607773     EISSN: 14692171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0960777301003022     Document Type: Conference Paper

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