Women’s Autobiographies by the Date of Publication

This site allows you to access the collection of women’s autobiographies organized by the last name of the authors. The collection includes autobiographies written by women who actively participated in or lived through an armed conflict covered by the Oxford Handbook of Gender and War since 1600 edited by Karen Hagemann (General Editor), Stefan Dudink, and Sonya Rose (Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2018). The focus of this collection is the twentieth century as the period during which the relevant autobiographies were published. The included autobiographies are mainly written and/or published in English, French, German or Russian. To search the collection, go to the Keyword Search Page


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De Frece, Matilda Alice Powl. Recollections of Vesta Tilley. London: Hutchinson, 1934.
Britnieva, Mary. One Woman's Story. London: A. Barker, 1934.
Hamilton, Cicely. Life Errant. London: Dent, 1935.
Ashwell, Lena. Myself a Player. London: M. Joseph, 1936.
Hartney, Harold Evans. Up and at 'Em. Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole Sons, 1940.
Piłsudska, Aleksandra. Memoirs of Madame Pilsudski. London: Hurst & Blackett, 1940.
Bondfield, Margaret. A Life's Work. London: Hutchinson, 1948.
Wharton, Edith. A Backward Glance. London: W. Clowes, 1950.
Butler, E. M. Paper Boats. London: Collins, 1959.
Pitts, Lucia M. One Negro WAC's Story. Los Angeles: Privately Published, 1968.

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