http://www.meaningsofservice1914.qmul.ac.uk/subject/women en http://www.meaningsofservice1914.qmul.ac.uk/home-front/westfield-college-magazine-advertisement-vacation-and-land-work-2 <div class="field field-name-field-item-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="http://www.meaningsofservice1914.qmul.ac.uk/sites/www.meaningsofservice1914.qmul.ac.uk/files/sites/default/files/record_images/AIMG-1044-2web.jpg" title="Westfield College Magazine Advertisement for Vacation and Land Work 2" class="colorbox" data-colorbox-gallery="gallery-node-1020-mkjS_dzoLCE" data-cbox-img-attrs="{&quot;title&quot;: &quot;&quot;, &quot;alt&quot;: &quot;&quot;}"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://www.meaningsofservice1914.qmul.ac.uk/sites/www.meaningsofservice1914.qmul.ac.uk/files/styles/item_page_view/public/sites/default/files/record_images/AIMG-1044-2web.jpg?itok=WGspovSg" width="385" height="500" alt="" title="" /></a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Westfield College Magazine advertisement for vacation and land work, May 1917.</p> <p>As woman's college Westfield was able to continue during the war relatively unchanged. However it has been suggested that there were tensions between those staff and students with pacifist tendencies, on religious grounds, which included the Principal Miss Agnes de Selincourt and the others. </p> <p>Image Courtesy of Queen Mary University of London Archives.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-location field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Origin:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">London</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-date-range field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Date range:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">1917</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-subject-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Subject tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/subject/women" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">women</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/subject/education" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">education</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/subject/land-work" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">land-work</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-archive-in field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Archived in:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/archive/queen-mary-university-london-archives" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Queen Mary University of London Archives</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-year-tag field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Year tag:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/year/1917" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">1917</a></div></div></div> Wed, 30 Jul 2014 22:44:48 +0000 suser 1020 at http://www.meaningsofservice1914.qmul.ac.uk http://www.meaningsofservice1914.qmul.ac.uk/home-front/time-war-few-words-girls-and-time-war-few-words-mothers <div class="field field-name-field-item-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="http://www.meaningsofservice1914.qmul.ac.uk/sites/www.meaningsofservice1914.qmul.ac.uk/files/sites/default/files/record_images/AIMG-1018web.jpg" title="In Time of War: a few words to girls and In Time of War: a few words to mothers" class="colorbox" data-colorbox-gallery="gallery-node-1011-mkjS_dzoLCE" data-cbox-img-attrs="{&quot;title&quot;: &quot;&quot;, &quot;alt&quot;: &quot;&quot;}"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://www.meaningsofservice1914.qmul.ac.uk/sites/www.meaningsofservice1914.qmul.ac.uk/files/styles/item_page_view/public/sites/default/files/record_images/AIMG-1018web.jpg?itok=9b9GVuiv" width="500" height="391" alt="" title="" /></a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>'In Time of War: a few words to girls' and 'In Time of War: a few words to mothers', 1914.</p> <p>Written by Lavinia Talbot these two booklets make suggestions on how to behave and how to help during the War. Ideas include keeping up with newspaper reports of the war and buying a map to follow along, learning how to cook economically and how to garden, and learning to speak French to help teach the Belgian refugee children. Excerpts include: <em>'Do not let a mischievous excitement and restlessness, caused by the neighbourhood of these large camps of men, hinder you from doing your best at home in serving your country bravely and nobly, helping in every way you can.</em>' </p> <p>Image Courtesy of Queen Mary University of London Archives.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-date-range field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Date range:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">1914</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-subject-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Subject tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/subject/women" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">women</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-archive-in field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Archived in:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/archive/queen-mary-university-london-archives" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Queen Mary University of London Archives</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-year-tag field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Year tag:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/year/1914" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">1914</a></div></div></div> Wed, 30 Jul 2014 22:44:48 +0000 suser 1011 at http://www.meaningsofservice1914.qmul.ac.uk http://www.meaningsofservice1914.qmul.ac.uk/home-front/westfield-college-magazine-advertisement-vacation-and-land-work <div class="field field-name-field-item-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="http://www.meaningsofservice1914.qmul.ac.uk/sites/www.meaningsofservice1914.qmul.ac.uk/files/sites/default/files/record_images/AIMG-1044-1web.jpg" title="Westfield College Magazine Advertisement for Vacation and Land Work" class="colorbox" data-colorbox-gallery="gallery-node-1019-mkjS_dzoLCE" data-cbox-img-attrs="{&quot;title&quot;: &quot;&quot;, &quot;alt&quot;: &quot;&quot;}"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://www.meaningsofservice1914.qmul.ac.uk/sites/www.meaningsofservice1914.qmul.ac.uk/files/styles/item_page_view/public/sites/default/files/record_images/AIMG-1044-1web.jpg?itok=iumVUuN6" width="378" height="500" alt="" title="" /></a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Westfield College Magazine advertisement for vacation and land work, May 1917.</p> <p>A 'War Club' was formed by Miss Sergeant, a history lecturer, with the mission of 'thinking' and 'doing'. Members discussed problems of post war reconstruction, and during the vacations carried out fruit picking and other land work, such as sweeping snow from the Hampstead streets, in order to earn money for the Red Cross. They also dispatched letters and parcels to prisoners of war. </p> <p>Image Courtesy of Queen Mary University of London Archives.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-location field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Origin:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">London</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-date-range field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Date range:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">1917</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-subject-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Subject tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/subject/women" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">women</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/subject/education" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">education</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/subject/land-work" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">land-work</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-archive-in field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Archived in:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/archive/queen-mary-university-london-archives" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Queen Mary University of London Archives</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-year-tag field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Year tag:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/year/1917" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">1917</a></div></div></div> Wed, 30 Jul 2014 22:44:48 +0000 suser 1019 at http://www.meaningsofservice1914.qmul.ac.uk