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Between the dances / by Jacqueline Dinan.
- Title
- Between the dances / by Jacqueline Dinan.
- Author
- Dinan, Jacqueline
- Publication
- Sydney Jane Curry Publishing, 2015.
- ©2015
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- Description
- 390 pages : illustrations, portraits, facsmilies; 24 cm.
- Summary
- The start of World War 2 changed women's lives and their place in Australian society forever. Thousands of women ventured where few had gone before - into the services and workplaces previously considered the sole preserve of men. In preparation for her book Between the Dances, Jacqueline Dinan, interviewed over three hundred women around Australia to collect the last first hand stories from World War Two. Revealing poignant and personal conversations, photographs and letters, Between the Dances is a testament to real life during World War 2. From Malta to Australia, New Zealand to the UK, the challenges and adventures faced by these women were unprecedented. Their passion, courage, resilience and commitment during wartime were all a precursor to the astonishing changes brought about by this incredible generation. For the first time, women were doing their bit as nurses in warzones, members of the services, farmhands, factory workers or volunteers in community service. The last tradition left was the weekly dance, which ceremoniously brought these courageous women and men together for a quickstep, fox trot and brief respite from the rigours of wartime.
- Alternative Title
- Between the dances : World War 2 women tell their stories.
- Subject
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- ISBN
- 9781925183030 (paperback)
- 1925183033 (paperback)
- OCLC
- 904786661
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library