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With men fighting in the war between 1914 and 1918, women took much more of a role in many aspects of life on the home front and even sometimes going further afield. This book details how when world war i broke out and a generation of men went off to fight, women emerged from the shadows of their domestic lives. Ahead of her event this week at cheltenham, we caught up with kate adie at our. Kate adie was born in sunderland and educated at newcastle university.
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The legacy of women in world war one by kate adie at. Kate was there to promote her latest, and very different book fighting on the home front. Home front is a hard book to read but reminds us how thankful we need to be to any and all soldiersmembers of the military and recognize that they are putting their lives on the line for us. When world war one broke out and a generation of men went off to fight, bestselling a. When world war one broke out and a generation of men went off to fight, bestselling author and from our own correspondent presenter kate adie shows how women emerged from the shadows of their domestic lives. Adies role as a bbc television journalist covering the 1980 iranian embassy siege in princes gate, central london, is included in 6 days. Its a wellresearched and informative book, although i cant help.
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