Women in Oxford during the Great War – Oxfordshire FHS Talk – 26 March 2018

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On Monday, 26 March, Malcolm Graham will talk to Oxfordshire FHS on:

Women in Oxford during the Great War

The talk about Women in Oxford during the Great War will cover women’s reactions to the war and its effects on home and family life; the part played by university women; the range of work, both paid and voluntary, undertaken by local women; the new financial independence enjoyed by some women; moral panic about khaki fever among young women and girls; and society’s changing attitudes to women (women’s suffrage, health and housing).

Malcolm Graham is an Oxford local historian, now retired after a professional career as local studies librarian and then Head of Oxfordshire Studies with Oxfordshire County Council. He has published many books and articles about the city and county, including Oxfordshire at War about the county in the Second World War in 1994 and, in 2014, Oxford in the Great War. When he retired in 2008, he was honoured to be made one of Oxfordshire Family History Society’s Vice-Presidents for his work in improving the county’s services for family historians.

We meet at the Exeter Hall, Oxford Road, Kidlington, OX5 1AB, with the talk starting at 8:00pm. Doors open at 7:15pm, when there will be advisors offering computer and genealogy help, and tea and coffee will be available.