Kate Adie examines the impact of women's work on the Home Front during the First World War. Innovations included the first women's police force, women's football and female surgeons operating on men. Adie argues that what truly mattered though was whether these changes in women's lives were long-lasting or viewed as 'only for the duration'.。姜莱隐身份做实习医生,扶持男友陈池,出钱照料其病母,却因 “出身” 遭陈家轻慢。她助陈池获出国名额,陈母逼她离开,陈池誓言非她不娶。五年间,姜莱察觉其冷淡却自我安慰,后成医院教授,还为陈母研出特效药。。