![]() Speakers would talk about anything, from the history of China to the best way to get bread to rise. ![]() ![]() It originally came across from Canada, and was created as a way to help women in rural communities come together to develop a bit of a social life, and have the opportunity to learn about a broad range of topics and issues. The book starts off with the founding history of the Women’s Institute. So much so that when it had to go back to the library I promptly bought it off Amazon, and still reread it every so often. Perhaps it was because it was quite clearly about woman’s role in the war something which I think tends to be neglected and therefore is worth reading about.Įither way I took the book home with me and got thoroughly absorbed in it. Maybe it was the fact that it was about the Second World War, a part of history for which I only know basic dates and bits about the “Home Front” that I remember from Middle School history classes. But when I saw “ Jambusters” sitting on the shelf of my local library something made me pick it up. ![]() ![]() Like many I tend to view the WI as the whole “Jam and Jerusalem” thing, a bunch of middle-aged ladies singing hymns and churning out award-winning cakes. Despite living in a small countryside village between the ages of 3 and 25, I never actually joined the local Women’s Institute. ![]()
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