This book combines curriculum study of women on the home front with local history and looks at local evidence of women's roles in wartime. The topics include the armed forces, housewives, hosts, factory workers, women's land army, and the voluntary services. It is one of a series and aims to encourage those doing local history projects to search the local library and record office for evidence, to find clues in old newspapers, adverts, letters and reports and to try to interview important witnesses. A cartoon bloodhound directs use of local resources and sets puzzles and tasks. The book is also intended for literacy training as it uses many text forms: newspapers, reports, adverts, letters, censuses, logbooks, interviews, instructions and propaganda.

 

This book features in the following series: History Detective Investigates-Britain At War, The History Detective Investigates .

This book is aimed at children in primary school.

There are 31 pages in this book. This book was published 1999 by Hachette Children's Group .

Dr Martin Parsons is director of PGCE Secondary at the University of Reading. He has established a centre for evacuee studies at the University and has lectured on the topic at the Imperial War Museum and abroad. Richard Hook is vastly experienced and is renowned for his detailed research. He has illustrated hundreds of children's history books.