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Ep.271 – Children and childhood in WW1 – Dr Viv Newman

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Author and historian Dr Viv Newman about her research into children and childhood during the Great War.

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She explores how the war affect children across Europe, how some children became combatants and what impact the war had on children in the 1920s and 1930s. Viv is a social historian with a particular interest in children and women during the conflict. 

More information is available at https://firstworldwarwomen.co.uk/about.html

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