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The people's war in personal testimony and bronze: sorority and the memorial to The Women of World War II

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The people's war in personal testimony and bronze: sorority and the memorial to The Women of World War II. / Peniston-Bird, Corinna.
British cultural memory and the Second World War. ed. / Lucy Noakes; Juliette Pattinson. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2013. p. 67-87.

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Peniston-Bird, C 2013, The people's war in personal testimony and bronze: sorority and the memorial to The Women of World War II. in L Noakes & J Pattinson (eds), British cultural memory and the Second World War. Bloomsbury Academic, London, pp. 67-87. <http://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/british-cultural-memory-and-the-second-world-war-9781441160577/>

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Peniston-Bird, C. (2013). The people's war in personal testimony and bronze: sorority and the memorial to The Women of World War II. In L. Noakes, & J. Pattinson (Eds.), British cultural memory and the Second World War (pp. 67-87). Bloomsbury Academic. http://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/british-cultural-memory-and-the-second-world-war-9781441160577/

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Peniston-Bird C. The people's war in personal testimony and bronze: sorority and the memorial to The Women of World War II. In Noakes L, Pattinson J, editors, British cultural memory and the Second World War. London: Bloomsbury Academic. 2013. p. 67-87

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Peniston-Bird, Corinna. / The people's war in personal testimony and bronze : sorority and the memorial to The Women of World War II. British cultural memory and the Second World War. editor / Lucy Noakes ; Juliette Pattinson. London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2013. pp. 67-87

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