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100 1 $aMillgate, Helen D.
245 10 $aWar's forgotten women :$bBritish widows of the Second World War /$cHelen D. Milligate and Maureen Shaw.
260 $aStroud :$bHistory,$c2011.
300 $a1 volume :$billustrations ;$c20 cm
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520 8 $aDuring the war and afterwards in austerity Britain, the lives of war widows were bleak. The meagre pensions they were given gave them hardly enough to keep body and soul together, let alone look after their children. Through diaries, letters and interviews, this title tells the story of the widows' struggle for survival.
505 0 $a1. Pensions : the early years -- 2. Pensions : the years of struggle -- 3. Pensions parity -- 4. The role of the benevolent societies -- 5. A different life : coping with widowhood -- 6. War orphans -- 7. The women who made a difference.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 156-157) and index.
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