Honours And Awards To Women To 1914

Download or read book Honours and Awards to Women to 1914 written by Norman G. Gooding and published by . This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Until comparitively recently, the recipients of orders, decorations and medals have been almost exclusively male. Towards the end of the ninteenth century this bergan to change as women became more closely identified with the military, and the rewards of participation were extended to the nurses. This book looks at the contribution women made to the campaigns where they did not receive awards, and at the medals that were awarded before the First World War. It will be of obvious interest to the medal collector and researcher, but will also be of interest to those interested in the acceptance of women into the military.