Men, Women and Care
a georgian house with cows on the front lawn probably in herefordshire, occupied by the ministry of pensions and national insurance image similar to one featured in country fair magazine, march 1955. hereford and worcester herefordshire
Men, Women and Care is a European Research Council-funded project based at the University of Leeds, led by Dr Jessica Meyer. Here you will find information about the project team and our research partners, a regularly updated blog about our research, the development of the PIN 26 database, and information about news and events related to the project.
Please contact the project via hismwc@leeds.ac.uk with any comments or queries. We are keen to hear from anyone with interest in the provision of care, both medical and social, to disabled ex-servicemen after the First World War.
L0079480 World War I: a ward in the London Hospital
World War I: a ward in the London Hospital in which a nurse tends a soldier's arm while other soldiers lie in bed. Oil painting after Sir J. Lavery. Painted after a larger (175.6 x 200.7 cm.) painting by Sir John Lavery, The first wounded, London Hospital, August 1914, in Dundee Art Galleries and Museums, painted in 1915 and acquired by Dundee in 1916.
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Posts
Research Reflections: An Undergraduate's Perspective
Written by Rachel Berry This past year, five undergraduate students, including myself, joined the Men, Women and Care project as part of FOAR2000, a research...
Counting the War Injured
by Jessica Meyer In a Twitter discussion sparked by the BBC’s screening of Peter Jackson’s ‘They Shall Not Grow Old’ in November, Greg Jenner quoted...
History and The Mobile Phone: Re-animating the World War 1 Auxiliary Hospital at Temple Newsam House
'Posted by Bethany Rowley' The home of Viscount and Lady Wood, Temple Newsam Auxiliary Military Hospital was opened on the 29th October 1914. With Edward...