During the first world war, EF
worked briefly as a typist for the Women's Emergency Corps
(established on 6 August 1914). After the war, she cared devotedly for her ailing mother for about a decade...
Gould, Jenny. “Women’s Military Services in First World War Britain”. Behind the Lines: Gender and the Two World Wars, Yale University Press, 1987, pp. 114-25.
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Marwick, Arthur. Women at War, 1914-1918. Croom Helm, 1977.