Title: A history of women in the Canadian military
Description: This book traces the history of women in the Canadian military, including: their service as nurses in the late 19th & early 20th century (in the North West Rebellion, the Yukon Field Force, and the South African War); the creation of a military nursing service & participation in the First World War; creation of women's divisions in the armed forces in World War II; women war artists; demobilization & then re-establishment of women's organizations in the post-war period; military nursing in the Korean War and the rest of the 1950s; decline in women's military participation to 1965; and the subsequent expansion of women's military roles toward achieving gender equality.
Subjects: History, Armed Forces, Women, Women and the military, Women soldiers, Pictorial works, Forces armées, Femmes, Histoire, Femmes militaires, Femmes et armée, Ouvrages illustrés
Places: Canada