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.
The Guardian, 11 November 2018: For many women on the home front, the war years became a springboard to liberation. But with peace came the backlash. Sheila Rowbotham writes.
A poster featuring the Wheeldon case was displayed in the foyer of the National Archives in Kew (England) as part of a conference on ordinary lives during the First World War, 8-10 September 2016.
Red Pepper, Aug/Sept 2015: At a time when marking the centenary of the First World War has too often become a way to celebrate the British imperial state, Sheila Rowbotham’s play Friends of Alice Wheeldon gives us a window onto the lives of those who opposed the war.
A substantial review of Sheila Rowbotham’s Friends of Alice Wheeldon by socialist organisation Counterfire revisits the story through the lens of political history.
On the eve of publication of the 2015 edition of her book Friends of Alice Wheeldon, historian Sheila Rowbotham explains how she found out about the case and why she was inspired to write about it.
Alice Wheeldon’s life has been celebrated in a poster by artist Emily Johns, as part of a series she commissioned in response to Adam Hochschild’s 2012 book To End All Wars. ‘The World Is My Country’ is a visual celebration of the people and events that opposed the First World War.
Daily Mail, 16 May 2014: They were mocked - and sometimes imprisoned - during their lifetimes, but today men who refused to fight in the First World War for moral reasons were honoured in a ceremony.
Priyamvada Gopal, The Guardian, 28 February 2014: As we mark the conflict, we must not forget those who were ridiculed, jailed and worse for daring to fight for peace.
In the third episode of Jeremy Paxman’s four-part series Britain’s Great War shows how Germany's attempts to starve Britain into submission edged the nation close to defeat. Chloë Mason discusses the role of her great grandmother, Alice Wheeldon, in opposing the war.
