Struggle or Starve: Stories of Everyday Heroism Between the Wars (Honno Voices)

Part of the Honno Voices series that features vital firsthand testimonies from real women, giving an intimate portrayal of life in a different era, this is a vivid recreation of the lives of working class women during a difficult time of depression, dislocation, and dramatic industrial and political struggle. It is an outstanding collection of personal accounts of mothers, grandmothers and aunts, sisters and cousins with an updated introduction and additional footnotes taking into account recent research and analysis of the case of women between the wars. Not just aimed at those interested in the history of the women's movement and women's suffrage, there are stories that bring to life decades past in brilliantly evocative language and paint detailed word pictures of the highs and lows in the Valleys when coal mining was at its height and heavy industry took its toll on whole families and even communities at a time.