You'll be sorry! : how World War II changed women's lives
Ann Howard (Author), Margaret Whitlam
History of the Australian Women's Army Serivce and the largely unknown part that over 24,000 women played in the Australian Army during WW2
History
371 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm
9781925275841, 1925275841
941879298
Introduction
Part I. You'll be sorry!
Our chief concern is Australia's need
Brownout
Womanpower
The formation of the AWAS
Enlistment
Uniformly good
AWAS on the long, long, trail
Nice guests bring their own butter
Physical education
War brides and war babies
RTO Central Station
Keeping the supplies coming down
Hush-hush work
What soldiers prefer
The AWAS are doing splendidly
Terror at Cowra
Railway Square, Sydney
The Australian Women's Weekly Club for servicewomen
The show must go on
Mum's army
Recreation
Barrack beasties
Just average intelligent girls
Bandiana
Women drivers
Ambulance drivers
Women man the coastal defences
Signals
Army education
Striking the right note
Searchlights
One for the record
Against the Geneva Convention
Some AWAS of note
AWAS overseas
Peace of mind
Christmas
Part II. Where do we go from here?
The war is over
Homecoming
Demob
Making do
But what will I wear?
Reuniting with loved ones
Dealing with men's postwar trauma
Drunkenness and divorce
A housing crisis
Marriage or career?
Postwar training
Women at work
A lust for travel
Back to living on the land
Pensions, allowances and wages
Picking up our lives again