Debs at War: How Wartime Changed Their Lives

Ambulance drivers, nurses, pilots, spies, doctors, couriers, factory workers, and land girls—these were among the roles that the most protected section of British society was to take on during the Second World War.

Pre-war debutantes were economically supported, socially insulated and morally patrolled. Based on first-hand accounts, Debs at War brings a fascinating insight into how these extraordinary women adapted to the challenges of war and records the extraordinary diversity of challenges, shocks and responsibilities they faced.