12/18/2023 0 Comments Shocked95 rec tubeAnd for all mums who find motherhood an endless mixture of emotions, joy, insecurity, regret, pride, doubt and love.Ĭontents List of abbreviations Acknowledgements Introduction 1 Setting the scene 2 Nationalizing hundreds and thousands of women 3 Mothers who waved goodbye 4 Mothers who were evacuated with their children 5 The challenges of enforced intimacy: Looking after evacuees 6 Women paid to care: Teachers and welfare workers 7 Social motherhood: An army of volunteers 8 Myths, memories and memorials of evacuation Afterword: Shifting discourses of motherhood Notes Index This book is for my children, four very special people Lynton, Oli, Dom and Annie. Ltd., Chennai, India To find out more about our authors and books visit and sign up for our newsletters. A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. The author and publisher regret any inconvenience caused if addresses have changed or sites have ceased to exist, but can accept no responsibility for any such changes. All internet addresses given in this book were correct at the time of going to press. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc does not have any control over, or responsibility for, any third-party websites referred to or in this book. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any information storage or retrieval system, without prior permission in writing from the publishers. (© Trinity Mirror / Mirrorpix / Alamy Stock Photo) All rights reserved. Cover image: Schoolchildern evacuated from London during WW” air raids 1939. For legal purposes the Acknowledgements on p. ix constitute an extension of this copyright page. ![]() Women and Evacuation in the Second World War Femininity, Domesticity and Motherhood Maggie AndrewsīLOOMSBURY ACADEMIC Bloomsbury Publishing Plc 50 Bedford Square, London, WC1B 3DP, UK 1385 Broadway, New York, NY 10018, USA BLOOMSBURY, BLOOMSBURY ACADEMIC and the Diana logo are trademarks of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc First published in Great Britain 2019 Copyright © Maggie Andrews, 2019 Maggie Andrews has asserted her right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, to be identified as Author of this work. Women and Evacuation in the Second World War
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