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WOMEN AND WAR WORK
A FEW SHELLS Women and War Work
HELEN FRASER
No easy hopes or lies
Shall lead us to our goal,
But iron sacrifice
Of Body, Will, and Soul.
There is but one task for all—
For each one life to give.
Who stands if Freedom fall?
Who dies if England live?
G. Arnold Shaw
New York
CONTENTS
Chapter Page
1. THE SPIRIT OF WOMEN 19
2. ORGANIZATION AND ITS PITFALLS 35
3. HOSPITALS—RED CROSS—V.A.D. 53
4. BRINGING BLIGHTY TO THE SOLDIERS—HUTS, COMFORTS, ETC. 73
5. WOMAN-POWER FOR MAN-POWER 91
6. WOMEN AND MUNITIONS 109
7. THE PROTECTION OF WOMEN IN INDUSTRY 131
8. "THE WOMEN'S LAND ARMY" 155
9. WAR SAVINGS—THE MONEY BEHIND THE GUNS 171
10. FOOD PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION 195
11. THE W.A.A.Cs 215
12. WAR AND MORALS 235
13. WHAT THE WAR HAS DONE FOR WOMEN 259
14. RECONSTRUCTION 287
ILLUSTRATIONS
A FEW SHELLS Frontispiece
MISS EDITH CAVELL 22
DR. ELSIE INGLIS 22
FIRST AMBULANCE ON DUTY IN THE FIRST ZEPPELIN RAID 56
"SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE" 64
CLEANING A LOCOMOTIVE 94
WOMEN AS CARRIAGE CLEANERS 94
WINDOW CLEANERS 102
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