LEADER 03134nam 2200469 450 001 9910136562203321 005 20230810001113.0 010 $a1-910383-11-2 035 $a(CKB)3710000000908099 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4717556 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000908099 100 $a20161028d2017 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aHebrew women join the forces $eJewish women from Palestine in the British forces during the Second World War /$fAnat Granit-Hacohen ; translated by Ora Cummings 210 1$aLondon :$cVallentine Mitchell,$d2017. 215 $a1 online resource (443 pages) 311 $a1-910383-10-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 $a"During WWII some 3,600 Jewish women from Palestine volunteered to serve in the British armed forces in the Middle East. For the first time ever Jewish women joined the army, wore uniform, left home to defend their homeland and to support the Jewish people around the world. The Council of Women s Organizations, headed by Hadassah Samuel, spearheaded the recruitment. This recruitment was in defiance of all conventional male thought. Not least because these women were joining the British Army a foreign and colonial army and this created a unique situation that cast gender and nationalist issues in a new light, these subjects are tackled here for the first time. Using archival research and 60 last voice interviews, Granit-Hacohen tells the story of these women: their reasons for enlistment; their social background and status; the arguments over recruiting them at all. Their military roles are analysed from a gender perspective. She also discusses the locations where they were stationed and the nature of their service there; their relations with their British colleagues; their involvement with illegal activity as members of underground organizations and the Jewish and national identity which they developed during their service. Although this female initiative was conceived in the spirit of equality, and the women who served developed positive views on the roles of women in society during their service, after the war there was disappointment as to the lack of change to how women were treated in Palestinian, and later, Israeli society."--Book jacket flap. 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xParticipation, Jewish 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xParticipation, Female 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$zGreat Britain 607 $aPalestine$xHistory$y1917-1948 607 $aGreat Britain$2fast 607 $aMiddle East$zPalestine$2fast 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xParticipation, Jewish. 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xParticipation, Female. 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945 676 $a940.5/404 700 $aGranit-Hacohen$b Anat$01249219 702 $aCummings$b Ora 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910136562203321 996 $aHebrew women join the forces$92895021 997 $aUNINA