Jambusters

Product Description

The Second World War was the WIs finest hour. The whole of its previous history
- two decades of educating entertaining & supporting women & campaigning on womens issues
- culminated in the enormous collective responsibility felt by the members to do their bit for Britain. With all the vigour energy & enthusiasm at their disposal a third of a million country women set out to make their lives & the lives of those around them more bearable in what they described as a period of insanity. Jambusters tells the story of the minute & idiosyncratic details of everyday life during the Second World War for the 5 546 Womens Institutes & how they helped to improve the lot of millions of their fellow Britons. Big pictures & bravery are fashionable & exciting but it was the behind-the-scenes nitty-gritty approach to the daily problems presented by the war that were at the heart of what the WI did to make a difference. Making jam making do & mending gathering rosehips keeping pigs & rabbits housing evacuees setting up canteens for the troops knitting singing & campaigning for a better Britain after the war: all these activities played a crucial role in war time.