A Lab of One's Own: Science and Suffrage in the First World War Toys & Games Versailles 1919 sets the ramifications

Versailles 1919 sets the ramifications of the Paris Peace treaties—for good or ill—within a long-term context

from women serving as nurses both at home and on the frontlines

while purchasing more than $100 million in war bonds and donating bandages

written with passion

A Lab of One's Own: Science and Suffrage in the First World War Toys & Games Versailles 1919 sets the ramificationsDescription by Patricia Fara Paperback Many extraordinary female scientists, doctors, and engineers tasted independence and responsibility for the first time during the First World War. How did this happen? Patricia Fara reveals how suffragists including Virginia Woolf's sister, Ray Strachey, had already aligned themselves withscientific and technological progress, and that during the dark years of war they mobilized women to enter conventionally male