![]() ![]() These women produced jam that they created from start to finish all of which went to feed a hungry nation. Ironically, even though these women helped with vital, important work in their communities, they were perhaps best known for making jam. Not every woman was cut out for war and battlefield nursing so what did they do? Well they made jam! They advised the government on issues such as evacuation housing, children’s health, and reconstructed. ![]() ![]() Summers focuses her research on the Women’s Institute which was an organization the ran canteens, knitted garments, and collected herbs to replace medicines. In towns and villages across Great Britain, ordinary women were playing a vital role in their country s war effort. This book focuses on what was happening at home while the boys were away a war. Julie Summers has written a lot on the subject of women and WWII especially (I have my eye on one of her other books, Fashion on the Ration, as well!) and her book Jambusters (AKA Home Fires) was the inspiration for the new PBS series Home Fires. I am a sucker for anything about WWI or WWII and women! This book totally caught my eye from the title alone and I knew instantly that I had to read it! ![]()
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