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Greatcoats and Glamour Boots

Canadian Women at War, 1939-1945, Revised Edition

ByCarolyn Gossage
Foreword byRoberta Bondar
Published November 2001
Paperback
$ 24.99
Paperback
$ 24.99

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Women in the military? To many, never was too soon. But by 1940, British women were out "doing their bit" for the war effort, and Canadians battled for that same right. Young Canadian women wanted to serve their country, "to free a man to fight," as the recruiting posters urged. By the war’s end almost 50,000 of them were in the forces.

Carolyn Gossage has compiled a fascinating collage of anecdotal and documentary material. The colourful story of Canada’s "forgotten women" - those who volunteered for service during World War II in the RCAF Women’s division, the Canadian Women’s Army Corps (CWAC) and the Women’s Royal Canadian Naval Service (Wrens) - entertains and enlightens.

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Carolyn Gossage

Carolyn Gossage is the author of books on Ethiopian icons and crosses. She has also published a number of historical titles, including Greatcoats and Glamour Boots and The History of the Frankfurt Book Fair. She lives in Toronto and has taught history and English in Canada and abroad for over twenty years. She is also the author of a number of books including: A Question of Privilege, Canada's Independent Schools (1977).

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Roberta Bondar

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Book Details

ePub
November 2001
-
215 pp
9781459712942
Paperback
November 2001
6x9 in
215 pp
9781550023688
ePub
November 2001
-
215 pp
9781550029130