ABSTRACT
This chapter presents a case of Ethel Robinson, Jane Barham, Gwendolen Potter and John Howel reviewing how they are affected in second world war. The second world war was the first truly civilian war to be experienced by the British people. The dislocation of daily life brought about by the bombing, together with the problems of the blackout, shortages, rationing, travel restrictions, and general austerity, placed an often intolerable strain on people. The physical damage was frequently devastating, noticeably in London, Coventry, Southampton, Plymouth, Liverpool, Hull, Bristol and Glasgow. Between September and November 1940, three million London homes were damaged and destroyed. During the months of the blitz the luckier mothers were able to have their children in country houses specially converted into maternity homes for the occasion. Many hospitals suffered direct hits; expectant mothers frequently had to go down into the shelters, while nurses and doctors tried to maintain a basic service as the bombs fell around them.
