unwomanly

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In “The Unwomanly Face of War,” an oral history of World War II, the Nobel Prize-winning writer Svetlana Alexievich recounts a strange little story.

From New York Times • Jul. 15, 2020

The inspiration is The Unwomanly Face Of War, the 1985 oral history of Soviet women’s wartime experiences by Nobel laureate Svetlana Alexievich.

From The Guardian • Dec. 30, 2019

“The Unwomanly Face of War” began in the late 1970s, after she read a newspaper article about a female accountant retiring from a Minsk auto factory.

From Washington Post • Aug. 4, 2017

“The Unwomanly Face of War” tells the story of these forgotten women, and its great achievement is that it gives credit to their contribution but also to the hell they endured.

From Washington Post • Aug. 4, 2017

"Most unbecoming," said I. "Unwomanly," said Trewlove, with a sudden contortion of the face; "unwomanly, sir!—but ah, how like a woman!"

From Two Sides of the Face Midwinter Tales by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir