H. M. Usborne
Published: 2015-07-14
Total Pages: 168
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Excerpt from Women's Work in War Time: A Handbook of Employments "The Women are splendid." That was the title which I gave in 1914 to an article on the women who are helping to win the war. Within the moderate compass of some 160 pages the writer of this compact volume develops this agreeable theme. The way in which the women of the Empire have rallied in hundreds of thousands to its aid in the hour of need is one of the most remarkable, though not unexpected, features of the war on its "home front." In days of old the brave women of Carthage sacrificed their tresses - their "crown of glory" - to make ropes for their soldiers. The women of the Empire are not called upon to do that, but gladly and willingly vast numbers of them are sacrificing their time and energy - in some cases, it is to be feared, even their health - in working by day or by night to supply our fighting forces with munitions of war and in many other directions not less important. Mrs. Usborne's volume is divided into two sections. Part I. consists of a guide to employment. Many women are asking, "What can I do? How can I help my country?" Here will be found the answers to such questions. In Part II. the authoress compiles a series of chapters from different pens, describing in some detail many of the vocations enumerated in Part I. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.