{"product_id":"remarkable-women-of-the-second-victoria-panton-bacon-9780750999960","title":"Remarkable Women of the Second World War: A Collection of Untold Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eDuring the Second World War, women kept society going, acting as carers, nurses, cleaners and teachers; or stepping in where men had gone, taking up such positions as engineers, farm laborers, factory workers, drivers and intelligence experts. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This new collection of stories contains twelve true testimonies of women who lived through these years, either given directly to Victoria Panton Bacon, or shared through unpublished documents by family members especially for this book. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The stories include a farmworker in the Women's Land Army, a child evacuee whose east London home was destroyed, a Lady Almoner caring for needy families at Great Ormond Street Hospital, an Air Transport Auxiliary aircraft engineer and a Dutch woman who was a child in hiding, whose mother was deported, and she never saw again. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Each story represents millions of ordinary women doing extraordinary things, long before the days of political exposure or campaign.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Victoria Panton Bacon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0750999969\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780750999960\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e History Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.29h x 6.22w x 0.87d","brand":"Victoria Panton Bacon","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44070809731327,"sku":"9780750999960","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_89375890-5714-4ed9-8242-378414810b17.jpg?v=1685432460","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/remarkable-women-of-the-second-victoria-panton-bacon-9780750999960","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}