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Jamaican Women and the World Wars

On the Front Lines of Change

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  1. Dalea Bean

    1. University of the West Indies , Kingston, Jamaica

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  • 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

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
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  2. Introduction

    • Dalea Bean
    Pages 1-25

  3. ‘War Can No Longer Be Confined to the Battlefield’: Situating Jamaica in World Wars I and II

    • Dalea Bean
    Pages 27-58

  4. ‘Doing Their Little Bit’: Women’s Organisation of Jamaican World War I Efforts

    • Dalea Bean
    Pages 59-85

  5. ‘Masculine Duties and Feminine Powers’: Gender and Recruiting Efforts During World War I

    • Dalea Bean
    Pages 87-114

  6. ‘Votes for (Some) Women Now!’ The Road to Political Franchise in the Aftermath of War

    • Dalea Bean
    Pages 115-149

  7. ‘The Woman’s Place Is in the War’: Continuity and Change in World War II

    • Dalea Bean
    Pages 151-185

  8. ‘We Were Soldiers’: Jamaican Women Enlist in World War II

    • Dalea Bean
    Pages 187-223

  9. Conclusion

    • Dalea Bean
    Pages 225-238

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 239-245
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About this book

This book highlights the important, yet often forgotten, roles that Jamaican women played in the World Wars. Predicated on the notion that warfare has historically been an agent of change, Dalea Bean contends that traces of this truism were in Jamaica and illustrates that women have historically been part of the war project, both as soldiers and civilians. This ground-breaking work fills a gap in the historiography of Jamaican women by positioning the World Wars as watershed periods for their changing roles and status in the colony. By unearthing critical themes such as women’s war work as civilians, recruitment of men for service in the British West India Regiment, the local suffrage movement in post-Great War Jamaica, and Jamaican women’s involvement as soldiers in the British Army during the Second World War, this book presents the most extensive and holistic account of Jamaican women’s involvement in the wars.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of the West Indies , Kingston, Jamaica

    Dalea Bean

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.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Jamaican Women and the World Wars

  • Book Subtitle: On the Front Lines of Change

  • Authors: Dalea Bean

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68585-4

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: History, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-68584-7Published: 14 December 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-88625-1Published: 04 September 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-68585-4Published: 04 December 2017

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXI, 245

  • Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: History of Military, Women's Studies, Social History, Imperialism and Colonialism, Gender and Sexuality

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