Description
Addresses Jamaican women's previously unrecognised roles in both World Wars Provides rare accounts of military service through women's personal recollections
Establishes a link between Jamaican women's wartime service and general improvements in their socio-political status
Author: Dalea Bean
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 09/04/2018
Pages: 245
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.71lbs
Size: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.56d
ISBN13: 9783319886251
ISBN10: 3319886258
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Gender Studies
- History | Social History
- History | Military | General
Establishes a link between Jamaican women's wartime service and general improvements in their socio-political status
Author: Dalea Bean
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 09/04/2018
Pages: 245
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.71lbs
Size: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.56d
ISBN13: 9783319886251
ISBN10: 3319886258
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Gender Studies
- History | Social History
- History | Military | General
About the Author
Dalea Bean is Lecturer and Graduate Coordinator at the Institute for Gender and Development Studies (IGDS) at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Jamaica. Before working with the IGDS, she taught in the Department of History and Archaeology at UWI in the areas of women's history and Caribbean history. Her research interests include gender and conflict situations, and women and gender justice in the contemporary Caribbean. She has written book chapters and journal articles, and presented numerous academic papers internationally on these and other topics.