Singled Out: How Two Million British Women Survived Without Men After the First World War Retired Poppies 000 women who served in

000 women who served in relief and military duty during World War I

the 1918 harvest was held up as ‘one of the great achievements of the War

Alessandro Giuliani

Towards the end of the war as the Germans are in their final retreat in November 1918

Singled Out: How Two Million British Women Survived Without Men After the First World War Retired Poppies 000 women who served inDescription by Virginia Nicholson Paperback Almost three quarters of a million British soldiers lost their lives during the First World War, and many more were incapacitated by their wounds, leaving behind a generation of women who, raised to see marriage as "the crown and joy of woman's life," suddenly discovered that they were left without an escort to life's great feast. Drawing upon a wealth of moving memoirs, Singled Out tells the inspiring