This book tells the story of women in the First World War at the front line, under fire, and in combat. Meet the women who defied convention to fight for their country. Follow British Flora Sandes as she joins the Serbian Army and takes up a place in the rearguard of the Iron Regiment in the retreat from the Bulgarian advance. Stow away with Dorothy Lawrence as she smuggles herself to Paris, steals a uniform and heads to the Front. Enlist in Russia's all-female 'Battalion of Death' alongside peasant and princess alike. Through the letters, diaries and memoirs of women who were members of organisations such as the US Army Signal Corps, the Canadian Army Medical Corps, the WRAF, WRNS and many others, we learn what life was like for them on the front and discover the courage of the women who took up arms. AUTHOR: Elisabeth Shipton has a firstclass honours degree in History and Economics. She has worked as Archivist for New College, Oxford, the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Trust and the Royal Green Jackets Museum. She was researcher for Dan Snow's documentaries, including '100 Years of the RFC'. SELLING POINTS: . The first book to look exclusively at the military role of women worldwide during the Great War . Includes the extraordinary stories of the British women Flora Sandes and Sapper Dorothy Lawrence who disguised themselves to fight with the British Army . From Russia's allfemale Battalions of Death to Belgium's female snipers and spies, women defied convention to play their part . Through their diaries and letters we hear the voices of these incredible women 40 b/w illustrations