Patsy Adam~Smith Australian Women At War

From battlefield to home‑front, from the first nursing sisters to the unsung servicewomen of two world wars — this is their story.
In Australian Women At War, Patsy Adam‑Smith paints a vivid and stirring portrait of the Australian women whose courage, devotion and endurance shaped a nation at war. Spanning from the turn of the 20th century (with the Boer War) through to the end of World War II, she brings to life the women who served in uniform, in hospitals, in factories, on the home front and beyond.

With rich archive photographs, personal recollections and a historian’s keen eye, this book honours those “brave, modest, forgotten women” whose efforts were critical yet often overlooked.
It celebrates their bravery, self‑sacrifice and steadfastness — and reveals how war not only tested them, but transformed them and Australian society.

Whether you are a student of history, a descendant of those who served, or simply someone who wants to understand the full measure of Australia’s wartime story — this book makes visible those who stood beside the fighting men and behind the scenes of victory.