First World War Women
Their war, their lives, their stories
Régina - back on stage after 100 years!
Coping with Corona - Grappling with the Great War!
Unlikely parallels -Surprising similarities
A series of 'lockdown' fireside chats
"It used to be said that war did not concern women. There never was a grain of truth in it, and now we have learnt how deeply and terribly it does concern us."
Some of Viv's talks about women in the Great War
Recent Talk - Suffrage Women "Doing Their Bit"
Munitions Workers - "Cogs in the Machinery of war".
See - Viv's evocative Letter to the Unknown Soldier.
Read All About It! - Myth-busting stories!
Lines of Dissent - One woman fooled the censor!
Standing up to the War Office - Women who wouldn't "go home and sit still!"
They Shoot Spies! - Germany's spymistress.
Medical Women - Thousands serving on all fronts.
Spying for Belgium. Dying for Belgium - loyalty cost women dearly, even one decorated by both sides!
Gallantry
Allied women received medals from Great Britain, France, Belgium, Serbia and even Germany! British newspapers asked "Why not VCs for women?" More...
War Front
Allied women served in vital roles in every theatre of the war - France, Belgium, Mesopotamia (now Iraq), Greece, Serbia, Egypt, India and Russia. More...
Home Front
British women fed the nation, made munitions, knitted, sewed, kept factories working, wrote poetry, raised money for the war effort, many died for their country. More...
Forthcoming books
- Changing Roles - women in the aftermath of the Great war. Released October 2021
Published books
- We Also Served. Forgotten Women of the First World War Released November 2014.
- Nursing Through Shot and Shell. A Great War Nurse's Story. Released June 2015.
- Tumult and Tears. Women's First World War Poetry. Released June 2016.
- Seductress, Singer, Spy! The Untold Story of Secret Agent Regina Diana. Released October 2017.
- Suffragism & the Great War. Released June 2018.
- Children at War 1914-1918. Released October 2019.
Page last updated: 16/9/21