returned -- 3. Living through the war -- Food problems -- The rent strikes -- Control of women -- Motherhood -- Separation allowances -- The absence and death of friends and relatives -- 4. Women at the Front -- Working at the Front -- Living at the Front -- Dangers at the Front -- 5. Fighting for peace -- The Women's International League for Permanent Peace -- The Women's Peace Crusade -- No conscription fellowship -- Individual acts of resistance -- 6. Conclusions -- Questions -- Further reading.

"The book looks at the experiences of women in Britain during World War I, and the changes the war brought about. The author examines the much-neglected areas of women's domestic and social lives, as well as the role of women who worked for pay. She also discusses a group of politically-active women who campaigned to end the war. As such, the book provides an alternative to accounts that focus only on male involvement in the war, and demonstrates the new opportunities that arose for women of all classes." -- Publisher.