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We That Were Young (Women & Peace) by Irene Rathbone is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is We That Were Young (Women & Peace) about?
This fierce anti-war novel by Irene Rathbone (1892-1980) is told from the perspective of a cultured former suffragist and several of her friendsyoung women who work at rest camps just behind the lines in France and as nurses of the severely wounded in hospitals in London. When Joan loses both her brother and lover to the war, in anger at the enemy she volunteers for work in a munitions plant, but by the end, she is a confirmed pacifist.
Who reads We That Were Young (Women & Peace)?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Irene Rathbone
- Publisher
- New York: Feminist Press at the City University of New York: Distributed by Talman Co.
- Published
- 1989
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781558610026
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, Historical Fiction
- Rating
- 4.22 / 5 (21 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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