Viv Newman http://firstworldwarwomen.co.uk/index.html
Social history, and in particular, women’s service in the First World War, have been an integral part of Viv Newman’s professional life for many years.
Her doctoral research on women’s poetry of the First World War uncovered a treasure trove of long-forgotten women’s poems. These widen our knowledge of women’s wartime lives, their concerns, and their contributions to the war effort and subsequent Victory.
 Viv has taught
women’s war poetry in both academic and non-academic settings and speak widely at history conferences (both national and international). She gives talks to a variety of audiences ranging from First World War devotees of organizations such as the Western Front Association as well as to Rotarians, Women’s Institutes and U3A. Her work at the University of Essex, includes supporting Humanities students with their academic writing.
As well as writing articles about women during the First Word War, Viv works closely with military publishers Pen and Sword for their social history imprint. “We Also Served: The Forgotten Women of the First Word War” explores women’s uniformed and un-uniformed lives between 1914 and 1918.
Subsequently, Pen & Sword published "Nursing Through Shot & Shell", a unique diary of a professional nurse Viv had been privileged to edit and contextualize.
“Tumult and the Tears” discovers the story of women's poetry of the First World War - who wrote it, why they wrote it and for whom. Viv was delighted to launch this book, courtesy of HE Guy Trouveroy, at the Belgian
embassy's Residence in June 2016.
As of 2017, Viv is working on "Singer, Siren, Spy!" - a compelling story about a rather 'naughty girl', an Italian national, resident in Switzerland, who spied for Germany in Marseille. Then she plans to put pen to paper on “The Children’s War 1914-1919” which will explore British and Allied children’s wartime lives.
The research for these books has uncovered now forgotten and many formerly untold stories which, with the centenary years upon us, will further our knowledge and understanding about the lives and experiences of women and children during this defining moment in modern British history.
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