On her their lives depend: munitions workers in the Great war by Angela Woollacott offers an extensive examination of the experiences of women munitions workers in Britain in World War 1.

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   On her their lives depend: munitions workers in the Great war by Angela Woollacott offers an extensive examination of the experiences of women munitions workers in Britain in World War 1. The book’s main purpose is to discover, salvage and interpret the experiences of being a woman munitions worker in Britain in World War 1. 

The book holds value for my investigation as it offers “extensive and comparable dimensions of the experiences of women munitions workers in Britain during World War 1” , thus we are able to take into account the thoughts and feelings of these women and therefore make a conclusion on the improvement of their lives. The book includes the humanity and personal feeling out of historical evidence, which is said to be the value of oral history. This book also recaptures the much-disregarded information, which is crucial in evaluating the role of women in WW1. However, this book’s values are also its limitations. As it is widely based on recounts of feelings and events to make certain judgments, it may be unreliable as memories hold limitations and every feeling interpreted are extremely personal and subjective to each person thus emotional attachments may alter given viewpoints.

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  The second source I will be using in my investigation is War and gender: how gender shapes the war system and vice versa written by Joshua S. Goldstein. The purpose of the book was to study the way gender shapes the wars throughout history and to commemorate the women of history who valiantly fought for the cause of their country. 

This source holds value for historians as the well-researched information gathered in this book allows room for comparative analysis. This book further provides both quantifiable and temporal comparisons thus allowing me to reach my analysis and final conclusion in ...

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