FROM THE HOME FRONT
Mar 24, 2020
1 minute
REVIEWED BY MELISSA A. WINN
hile the voices of soldiers from the warfront have enjoyed a vast and eager audience in the form of published letters and diaries, the writings of the women they left back home have been largely overlooked,. Using letters and diary entries from eight Wisconsin women, Carr paints a poignant and expansive portrait of life on the home front, including from women who worked to support the war effort and those struggling to stay afoot while their husbands, sons, and brothers served on the front lines.
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