Rick Stroud's book showcases eight women's World War I resistance roles

These women came from widely differing backgrounds - the Belgian aristocracy, nurses, governesses, housewives and shop girls

I Am Not Afraid of Looking into the Rifles: Women of the Resistance in World War One

Author: Rick Stroud

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Price: Rs 699   
Pages: 306

In the 21st century, many countries have started admitting women into the military in combat roles as fighter pilots and frontline soldiers in grudging recognition of their capabilities and courage. Before that, women in modern wartime played supporting roles as nurses, doctors, ambulance drivers and secretarial services at command headquarters on the battlefield and in keeping factories and the home front running behind it (guerrilla movements were, of course, the