Women and children first!

World War I was perhaps the first modern war in which there was a large and active pacifist movement amongst the civilian populations.  The debate generated much propaganda and many publications on both sides.

 

Printed handbill, 1916

 

 

Accession number: ECPO 630

 

From the State Library of Victoria's Riley & Ephemera Collection.

 

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Arguments over conscription