Alice Wheeldon appears as a key life in Women and War, a beautifully illustrated open-access e-book just released as part of a series funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council for the centenary of the First World War.
A timeline traces the discovery, reporting and re-telling of Alice’s story over a century by so many, including activist Sylvia Pankhurst, philosopher Bertrand Russell, prosecuting Attorney-General F.E. Smith, barristers, journalists, professional historians, artists – and most recently citizen historians.
The whole series is worth exploring. Drawing on the knowledge and experiences of the two of the First World War Engagement Centres – Voices of War and Peace and Everyday Lives – the editors worked with community activists, academics, and independent scholars to produce a series of four open access downloadable legacy-themed e-books. As well as Women and War, the series includes Remaking Histories of the Nation, Children and Conflict, and War and Aftermath.
Ian Grosvenor and Sarah Lloyd (eds), Beyond Commemoration: Community, Collaboration and Legacies of the First World War