You'll be Sorry
How World War II Changed Women's Lives
Published on 5. February 2016
340 pages
978-1-925275-87-2 (ISBN)
Description
Honouring grandmothers and mothers in a superb account of women's participation in the Services during World War II, and their ensuing battle for equal opportunity that set the foundation for the Women's Liberation Movement of the 70s.
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Ann Howard
Content
- Cover
- Half Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword by Margaret Whitlam
- Foreword by Dale Spender
- Introduction
- The Role of the AWAS
- Part I: You'll Be Sorry!
- Chapter 1 Our Chief Concern is Australia's Need
- Chapter 2 Brownout
- Chapter 3 Womanpower
- Chapter 4 The Formation of the AWAS
- Chapter 5 Enlistment
- Chapter 6 Uniformly Good
- The controller's hat
- Jewellery
- Knickers
- Hair
- Badges
- Shoes
- Shirts
- Jackets
- Hosiery
- Kitbags
- Spot inspection
- Chapter 7 AWAS on the Long, Long Trail
- New South Wales
- Victoria
- Tasmania
- South Australia
- Queensland
- The Northern Territory
- Western Australia
- Chapter 8 Nice Guests Bring Their Own Butter
- Chapter 9 Physical Education
- Chapter 10 War Brides and War Babies
- Australian marriages 1921-1944:
- The Yanks are in!
- The bride ships
- Care and disposal of pregnant women
- Chapter 11 RTO Central Station
- Chapter 12 Keeping the Supplies Coming Down
- Chapter 13 Hush-Hush Work
- Chapter 14 What Soldiers Prefer
- Chapter 15 The AWAS Are Doing Splendidly
- Chapter 16 Terror at Cowra
- Chapter 17 Railway Square, Sydney
- Chapter 18 The Australian Women's Weekly Club for Servicewomen
- Chapter 19 The Show Must Go On
- Chapter 20 Mum's Army
- Chapter 21 Recreation
- Chapter 22 Barrack Beasties
- Chapter 23 Just Average Intelligent Girls
- Chapter 24 Bandiana
- Chapter 25 Women Drivers!
- Chapter 26 Ambulance Drivers
- Chapter 27 Women Man the Coastal Defences
- Chapter 28 Signals
- Chapter 29 Army Education
- Chapter 30 Striking the Right Note
- Chapter 31 Searchlights
- Chapter 32 One for the Record
- Chapter 33 Against the Geneva Convention
- Chapter 34 Some AWAS of Note
- Chapter 35 AWAS Overseas
- Chapter 36 Peace of Mind
- Chapter 37 Christmas
- Part II: Where Do We Go from Here?
- Chapter 38 The War is Over!
- Chapter 39 Homecoming
- Chapter 40 Demob
- Chapter 41 Making Do
- Chapter 42 But What Will I Wear?
- Chapter 43 Reuniting with Loved Ones
- Chapter 44 Dealing with Men's Postwar Trauma
- Chapter 45 Drunkenness and Divorce
- Chapter 46 A Housing Crisis
- Chapter 47 Marriage or Career?
- A new era for women and their daughters
- The great job shift
- Chapter 48 Postwar Training
- Chapter 49 Women at Work
- Lack of childcare
- Back home and to prewar jobs
- Teaching
- Starting businesses
- Broadcasting and media
- Politics
- Hostessing
- Postwar reconstruction
- Healthcare
- Using skills learned in the services
- Chapter 50 A Lust for Travel
- Chapter 51 Back to Living on the Land
- Chapter 52 Pensions, Allowances and Wages
- Chapter 53 Picking Up Our Lives Again
- Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Servicewomen Interviewed
- About the Author
- Index
