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2 unusual facts about British women's literature of World War I


British women's literature of World War I

Literary historian David Trotter asserts that the addition of women’s writing helps provide a more encompassing, and thus, stronger picture of Britain’s involvement in the First World War.

According to Paul Fussell, many soldiers relied on poetry as a method to cope with the atrocities and horrors of the First World War.


British Women's Temperance Association

Lady Henry was succeeded by Rosalind Howard, Countess of Carlisle, known as "The Radical Countess" for her opposition to alcohol consumption.


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