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A review by danicapage
An Unladylike Profession: American Women War Correspondents in World War I by Chris Dubbs
4.0
I really liked this one. We get a lot of books about war and those fighting on the front and their sacrifices. We get less about those who suffer the effects of war at home without any of the glory.
The author did a great job of noting these women who reported on the war and chose to focus on those angles. Those who mentioned that mortality rates for pregnant women and children went up during war because doctors were at the front, the hunger and starvation. The author mentions we rightly glorify and remember the sacrificies of men, but the harms women face during war are not commemorated in statues, or films, or stories.
It was an intriguing look at women in World War I, putting a spotlight on that.
The author did a great job of noting these women who reported on the war and chose to focus on those angles. Those who mentioned that mortality rates for pregnant women and children went up during war because doctors were at the front, the hunger and starvation. The author mentions we rightly glorify and remember the sacrificies of men, but the harms women face during war are not commemorated in statues, or films, or stories.
It was an intriguing look at women in World War I, putting a spotlight on that.