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Editor & year of 'Scars Upon My Heart'
Editor & year of 'Scars Upon My Heart'
Catherine Reilly, 1981
No. of poems & poets in anthology
No. of poems & poets in anthology
125 poems by 79 women
Title source poem & author
Title source poem & author
'To My Brother' by Vera Brittain
Title metaphor meaning
Title metaphor meaning
Women's emotional pain = soldiers' physical wounds
Eva Dobell's role in WWI
Eva Dobell's role in WWI
Nurse who witnessed war's devastation firsthand
Emily Orr poem about working class
Emily Orr poem about working class
'A Recruit From The Slums'
Winifred M. Letts poem about shell shock
Winifred M. Letts poem about shell shock
'What Reward?'
Jessie Pope's poetry evolution
Jessie Pope's poetry evolution
From jingoistic recruitment to remorseful works
Women's wartime roles shown
Women's wartime roles shown
Nurses, munitionettes, VADs, ambulance drivers
Publication context/movement
Publication context/movement
1970s feminist recovery work