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Perhaps more than any
other war in the twentieth century, the Spanish Civil War was seen as a 'writers'
war' - names such as Hemingway and Orwell spring to mind. But the women who
went to Spain and wrote about it have often been forgotten. This anthology
is part of efforts to redress the balance.
It includes writing by women from Britain, the United States, Australia and New Zealand - and from unsung nurses and relief workers as well as internationally celebrated writers. Bringing together extracts from memoirs, letters, diaries and poems, this collection provides a moving overview of the Spanish Civil War from the perspective of women participants.
'the power of human reciprocity and a profound spiritual rejection
of fascism shine through' Sheila Rowbotham
'I was absorbed by the book … its publication is a tribute to
the noble role of many women in the Spanish war' Jack Jones
Jim Fyrth worked in adult education for many years. His books include The Signal was Spain, Labour's High Noon and Labour's Promised Land.
Sally Alexander is Professor of Modern History at Goldsmiths, University of London and a founding editor of History Workshop.
Contents
Introduction Sally Alexander
Foreword Jim Fyrth
From games to war
Aileen Palmer, Winifred Bates, Muriel Rukeyser, Felicia Browne
Where the wounded
were
Thora Silverthorne, Aileen Palmer, Annie Murray, Winifred Bates, Patience
Darton, Joan Purser, Aurora Fernandez, Penny Phelps, Portia Helman, Rosaleen
Smythe, Phyllis Hibbert, Nan Green, Louise Jones, Madge Addy, Lilian Kenton,
Lillian Urmston, Leah Manning, May MacFarlane, Una Wilson, Agnes Hodgson,
Isobel Dodds, Renee Shadbolt, Rose Freed, Fredericka Martin, Ray Harris, Mildred
Rackley, Lini de Vries, Irene Goldin, Esther Silverstein, Salaria Kea, Evelyn
Hutchins, Celia Seborer, Ruth Waller, Marion Merriman.
With the rearguard
Lydia Ellicott Morris, Helen Grant, Francesca Wilson, Elizabeth Burchill,
Dorothy Davies, Ether Farquhar, Emily Parker, Florence Conard, Ruth Cope,
Martha Rupel, Bronwen Lloyd-Williams, Lydia Mary Gee, Leah Manning, Esme Odgers,
Norma Jacob, Kanty Cooper, Muriel McDiarmid, Barbara Wood.
Supporting and receiving
Isabel Brown, Duchess of Atholl, Vera Elkan, Mary Low, Jessica Mitford, Sheila
Grant Duff, Elizabeth Wilkinson, Ethel MacDonald, Jane Patrick, Mary Lowson,
Ellen Wilkinson, Frida Stewart, Sylvia Townsend Warner, Valentine Ackland,
Dorothy Parker, Lillian Hellman, Emma Goldman, Eslanda Goode Robeson, Charlotte
Haldane.
The other side of
our lives
Eleanora Tennant, Florence Farmborough, Gabriel Herbert, Lady Chamberlain
A people in retreat
Edith Pye, Nancy Cunard, Lillian Urmston, Nan Green
Afterwords
Martha Gellhorn, Dorothy Parker, Aileen Palmer