Jeremy Crang provides a compelling new history of women who served with the British armed forces during the Second World War.

Jeremy A. Crang is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Edinburgh. He is the author of The British Army and the People's War, 1939¿1945 (2000) and co-editor (with Paul Addison) of The Burning Blue: a New History of the Battle of Britain (2000), Firestorm: the Bombing of Dresden, 1945 (2006), Listening to Britain: Home Intelligence Reports on Britain's Finest Hour, May¿September 1940 (2010) and The Spirit of the Blitz: Home Intelligence and British Morale, September 1940¿June 1941 (2020). He has also co-edited (with Edward Spiers and Matthew Strickland) A Military History of Scotland (2012).

List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Prologue; 1. Revival; 2. Organisation and recruitment; 3. Training and selection; 4. Work; 5. Status and discipline; 6. Necessities of life; 7. Medical matters; 8. Off duty; 9. Overseas service; 10. Demobilisation and the creation of the permanent women's services; Conclusion; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.