A widow describes the moment music hall star Vesta Tilley recruited her young husband Percy Morter as a soldier in 1914.

Archive with Kitty from World War One At Home, a BBC and Imperial War Museums partnership

24 February 2014

11 minutes

This clip is from

Woman's Hour—Mary Wilson; Woman's Hour Power List Review

WW1: Women and the War—Woman's Hour
Across WW1’s centenary year, Woman's Hour looks at the war’s impact on women’s lives.

The Woman's Hour 2013 Power List reviewed: who's up? who's down?
Duration: 11:48

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Duration: 01:29
Parent and baby walking group: ‘It’s like reconnecting with your identity'
Duration: 01:50
‘Nature takes me away from the pressures of being a SEND parent’
Duration: 01:27
Have you experienced ‘friendship anxiety’?
Duration: 01:46