Life on all fronts

Gill Thomas - Author

The book broadens the story of the First World War by looking at women’s home and social lives, paid employment and anti-war campaigning in Britain.

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Women’s history· ExplainedSocial change· ExplainedPaid work· Explained

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women’s historysocial changepaid work

Non-fictionIllustrated book

Themes in Context

Women’s wartime lives and opportunities

The book examines women’s domestic and social lives, paid work and changes brought by the war, including opportunities across social classes.Exploratory / explanatory

How the book presents it: It presents these areas as an alternative to accounts focused only on men’s involvement in the war.

Talk about: How does the book connect wartime change with women’s opportunities?

Why It May Be Worth Reading

It can offer a way to consider how wartime change affected women in different social classes, while bringing attention to experiences often left out of accounts focused on men.

What Deserves Attention

The subject is wartime Britain, and the book includes women who campaigned to end the war. You could check in together if your child finds war-related history troubling.

A Conversation Worth Having

Which kinds of women’s experiences seem most visible in the book, and which might be harder to find?

Reading Approach

Read it in sections around home and social life, paid work and campaigning; pause to connect each area to the changes the book describes.

Confidence & Basis

Theme indicators describe how the book presents a topic; they are not a verdict on the whole book or your family's values. Confidence reflects how much book-specific material was checked. Only part of the book information was available, so some details remain unconfirmed.

What remains unconfirmed

Women’s wartime lives and opportunities: The specific examples and how fully different women’s experiences are represented remain unclear.

Life on All Fronts: Women in the First World War - Gill Thomas - Google Books

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Checked: 2 October 2026.

Relevant to: Women’s wartime lives and opportunities

Life on all fronts by Gill Thomas | Open Library