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War Workers
Written by May Edginton
Narrated by Anne Dover
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A story from The Prisoner’s Defence, a collection of First World War short stories. Despite the war, life had to go on at home, and in this short story, the voluntary work carried out by women on the Home Front is brought to the fore.
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