Sisterhood of Suffering and Service

Sarah Glassford teaches history at the University of Ottawa and Carleton University. Amy Shaw is an associate professor of history at the University of Lethbridge and author of Crisis of Conscience: Conscientious Objection in Canada during the First World War (UBC Press, 2008).

• Introduction: Transformation in a Time of War? / Sarah Glassford and Amy ShawPart 1: Mobilizing Women1 "In Defense of the Empire": The Six Nations of the Grand River and the Great War / Alison Norman2 The Unquiet Knitters of Newfoundland: From Mothers of the Regiment to Mothers of the Nation / Margot I. Duley3 Freshettes, Farmerettes, and Feminine Fortitude at the University of Toronto during the First World War / Terry WildePart 2: Women's Work4 Gendering Patriotism: Canadian Volunteer Nurses as the Female "Soldiers" of the Great War / Linda J. Quiney5 "Such Sights One Will Never Forget": Newfoundland Women and Overseas Nursing in the First World War /  Terry Bishop Stirling6 Patriotic, Not Permanent: Attitudes about Women's Making Bombs and Being Bankers / Kori StreetPart 3: Family Matters7 An Honour and a Burden: Canadian Girls and the Great War / Kristine Alexander8 Supporting Soldiers' Wives and Families in the Great War: What Was Transformed? / Desmond Morton9 Marks of Grief: Black Attire, Medals, and Service Flags / Suzanne EvansPart 4: Creative Responses10 Verses in the Darkness: A Newfoundland Poet Responds to the First World War / Vicki S. Hallett11 "'Twas You, Mother, Made Me a Man": The Motherhood Motif in the Poetry of the First World War / Lynn Kennedy12 "Mother, Lover, Nurse": The Reassertion of Conventional Gender Norms in Fictional Representations of Disability in Canadian Novels of the First World War / Amy TectorConclusion: "Sisterhood of Suffering and Service" / Sarah Glassford and Amy ShawSelected Bibliography; Index