"Why are so few WW1 heroines remembered?" Topic

"World War One had many heroines, including 'she-soldiers', spies and martyrs. Their heroism was praised during the war but they were not always remembered in a positive light afterwards, says Prof Alison Fell.

World War One created new kinds of heroes and heroines. The main route to heroism for men was through the bearing of arms. Following the mass mobilisation of civilians into the armed forces, military heroism became more democratised, as any man donning a uniform could potentially be seen as a hero.

Medics, skilled male auxiliaries and members of the labour corps were sometimes seen as heroic, but it was front-line soldiers who were placed at the top of the hierarchy of male heroism…"
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Well…on the other hand…how many male soldiers or near front line workers of WWI can you name ?

Hmmm – Walter Tull, Ernest Hemingway, Sassoon and the other "war poets", Lawerance of Arabia, Adolf Hitler, starting to struggle now, Edith Cavell (oh no, she's a woman).

How many male munitions factory workers can I name? Not a one. How many of the chinese civilians who worked on the allied narrow gauge rail network on the western front. How many of the arabs that Lawerance organised ?

Now – Generals, War ministers, those I can name. By and large those in charge are remembered and the nameless masses are, by definition, nameless.

"World War One created new kinds of heroes and heroines." – Really? Other than pilots, I'm not seeing a difference than with say the ACW. The rest of the paragraph doesn't make much sense either.

A school nearby is named after Edith Cavell.

Thanks for the info!

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Armand