Women's Autobiographies on the Age of the Second World War

This bibliography focuses on women's autobiographies, diaries and memoirs (as well as a few letter connections). These authors participated in and/or lived through various, Western armed conflict and wrote about their experiences in English, French, German or Russian.

The most important wars for this period include:

  • Chinese Civil War (1927–50)
  • Spanish Civil War (1936–39)
  • Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–45)
  • Second World War (1939–45)

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Robinson, Gerda Hartwich. The Inner War: My Journey from Pain to Peace. New York: Skyhorse Publishing, 2016.
Roosevelt, Eleanor. The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt. New York: HarperCollins, 2014.
Rosado, Carmen García. Las Wacs: Participación de la Mujer Boricua en la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Puerto Rico: s.n., 2007.
Rose, Darlene Deibler. Evidence Not Seen: A Woman's Miraculous Faith in the Jungles of World War II. San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1988.
Rosenfeld, Klara. From Lwów to Parma: A Young Woman's Escape from Nazi-Occupied Poland In The library of Holocaust testimonies; Variation: Library of Holocaust testimonies. London: Vallentine Mitchell, 2005.
Rosenthal, Rose. Not All Soldiers Wore Pants: A Witty World War II WAC Tells All. Rochelle Park, NJ: Ryzell Books, 1993.
Rudomin, Franciszek. Z "Drucikami" od Oki do Warszawy. Warsaw: Wydaw. Min. Obrony Narodowej, 1977.
Ruggieri, Mary A. From Japan with Love: 1946-1948. San Rafael, CA: Portsmouth Publishing, 2007.
Russell, Maud, and Emily Russell. A Constant Heart: The War Diaries of Maud Russell, 1938-1945. Wimborne Minster, Dorset, UK: The Dovecote Press, 2017.
Rzhevskai͡a, Elena. Memoirs of a Wartime Interpreter: From the Battle for Moscow to Hitler's Bunker. Barnsley: Greenhill Books, 2018.
Sanejko-Kwaśnicka, Bronisława. Zapomniane Dziewczęta. Lublin: Oddz. Lubelski Stowarzyszenia "Wspólnota Polska", 1995.
Sarfatti, Margherita. My Fault: Mussolini As I Knew Him. New York: Enigma Books, 2014.
Sato, Kazuko, and Amy Clements Blackburn. Memories I Choose to Keep: A Memoir. [Place of publication not identified]: [publisher not identified], 2009.
Scamaroni, Marie-Claire. Indomptable et Rebelle : Histoire d'une Vie de 1913 à nos Jours. Paris: Ed. Tirésias, 2004.
Schaffer, Cyndee, and Jennifer G. Mathers. Mollie's War: The Letters of a World War II WAC in Europe. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., 2010.
Schmidt, Ilse. Die Mitläuferin: Erinnerungen einer Wehrmachtsangehörigen. Berlin: Aufbau, 1999.
Schorer, Avis D. A Half Acre of Hell: A Combat Nurse in WW II. Lakeville, MN: Galde Press, 2000.
See, Phui Yee. My Long March: Eleven Women's Quest for Freedom. Singapore: Marshall Cavendish Editions, 2007.
Settle, Mary Lee. All the Brave Promises: Memories of Aircraft Woman 2nd Class 2146391. London: Heinemann, 1966.
Sheridan, Dorothy. Wartime Women: A Mass-Observation Anthology, 1937-1945. London: Heinemann, 2009.
Śladewska, Monika. Z Kresów Wschodnich na Zachód. Wrocław: Wydawn. Atla 2, 2001.
Slezkine, Yuri, and Sheila Fitzpatrick. In the Shadow of Revolution: Life Stories of Russian Women from 1917 to the Second World War. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2000.
Smirnova-Medvedeva, Zoya Matveyevna. On the Road to Stalingrad: Memoirs of a Woman Machine Gunner. Nepean, ON: New Military Publishing, 1997.
Smith, Marian Elizabeth, and Eugene T. Petersen. A Chance for Love: The World War II Letters of Marian Elizabeth Smith and Lt. Eugene T. Petersen, USMCR. East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 1998.
Smith, Eileen. Why Did We Join?: A Former WAAF Remembers Service Life in World War II. Bognor Regis, United Kingdom: Woodfield, 2003.
Son, Adrienne van. Looking for Shangri-La: An Autobiography. Wellington: A. van Son, 2005.
Southall, Humphrey. A Vision of Britain Through Time. University of Portsmouth, UK, Department of Geography.
Spratley, Dolores R. Women Go to War: Answering the First Call in World War II. Columbus, OH: Hazelnut Publishing Co., 1992.
Starosolska, Juliana. Woman in Exile: My Life in Kazakhstan. 2nd ed. Bloomington, IN: iUniverse, Inc., 2011.
Staude, Lorna Staub. Memoirs of an AWAS Driver. Naracoorte, Australia: Naracoorte Herald, 1989.
Stein, Gertrude. Wars I Have Seen. London: B. T. Batsford Ltd. , 1945.
Streeter, Ruth, and John T. Mason. Reminiscences of Ruth Cheney Streeter, Colonel-USMCR (Ret.). Morristown, N.J.: Archival Material transcript, Columbia University Library, 1979.
Streeter, Ruth. Tales of an Ancient Marine. Morristown, NJ: s.n., 1974.
Szmaglewska, Seweryna. Smoke Over Birkenau In (A trayectos ; 83. Supervivencias). New York: Henry Holt and Co., 1947.
Tanaka, Carolyn Hisako. Road Runner. Fresno, CA: Self published, 2001.
Thiessen, Edna Schroeder, and Angela Showalter. A Life Displaced: A Mennonite Woman's Flight from War-Torn Poland In Mennonite reflections ;; v. 3; Variation: Mennonite reflections ;; v. 3. Kitchener, Canada: Pandora Press, 2000.
Thompson, Dorothy Davis. The Road Back: A Pacific POW's Liberation Story. Lubbock, TX: Texas Tech University Press, 1996.
Thurston, Doris Joy. A WAC Looks Back: Recollections & Poems of WWII. Stuart, FL: Norvega Press, 1996.
Tillion, Germaine, and Jean Lacouture. La traversée du mal: entretien avec Jean Lacouture. Paris: Arléa, 2000.

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