Gullace, Nicoletta F.

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Gullace, Nicoletta F.

PERSONAL:

Education: University of California, Berkeley, Ph.D.

ADDRESSES:

Office—Department of History, 413 Horton Social Science Center, University of New Hampshire, 20 College Rd., Durham, NH 03824; fax: 603-862-1502. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER:

Writer, educator. University of New Hampshire, Durham, associate professor of history.

AWARDS, HONORS:

North American Conference on British Studies, Walter D. Love Prize honorable mention, 1998, for best scholarly article, and Annual Book Prize, 2003, for "The Blood of Our Sons": Men, Women, and the Renegotiation of British Citizenship during the Great War.

WRITINGS:

"The Blood of Our Sons": Men, Women, and the Renegotiation of British Citizenship during the Great War, Palgrave Macmillan (New York, NY), 2002.

Contributor to journals, including Gender & History, Journal of Modern History, Canadian Journal of History, and Journal of Social History.

SIDELIGHTS:

Nicoletta F. Gullace is an associate professor of history at the University of New Hampshire, where she teaches classes in modern British history and women's history.

In "The Blood of Our Sons": Men, Women, and the Renegotiation of British Citizenship during the Great War, Gullace argues that the First World War redefined in the English public mind the definition of citizenship. Until that time, men had been allowed the vote because they were also expected to serve in the military when need arose. But during the First World War, women contributed to the war effort on the home-front by working in munitions factories and by taking other jobs that men were not able to do. Citizenship became redefined not as something earned by military service but by a broader definition of service to one's country. The work that women had done during the war qualified them to become citizens. After the war, British women were given the vote. Martin D. Pugh in Albion called "The Blood of Our Sons" "a stimulating and well-researched discussion of a major issue." Sandra Stanley Holton in the English Historical Review believed that "The Blood of Our Sons" "is likely to prove a valuable addition to reading lists on the social and cultural history of the First World War." Tammy M. Proctor in the Journal of Women's History concluded that Gullace's study was "important to the history of British feminism and the First World War." Similarly, a critic for the American Historical Review found that "Gullace's book is a valuable addition to the cultural and political history of Britain during World War I."

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

Albion, winter, 2004, Martin D. Pugh, review of "The Blood of Our Sons": Men, Women, and theRenegotiation of British Citizenship during the Great War, p. 698.

American Historical Review, June, 2003, review of "The Blood of Our Sons."

English Historical Review, February, 2004, Sandra Stanley Holton, review of "The Blood of Our Sons," p. 150.

Journal of British Studies, July, 2004, Adrian Gregory, review of "The Blood of Our Sons," p. 410.

Journal of Modern History, September, 2005, Krista Cowman, review of "The Blood of Our Sons," p. 780.

Journal of Women's History, summer, 2005, Tammy M. Proctor, review of "The Blood of Our Sons," p. 169.

War in History, Volume 13, number 2, 2006, Bertrand Taithe, review of "The Blood of Our Sons," pp. 253-255.