Abstract
The article uses the example of a New Zealand woman, Elizabeth Stewart, to discuss wider themes of First World War history, including grief, letter-writing, class, mobility, intimate relationships and Spiritualism. Elizabeth Stewart, a volunteer war worker from New Zealand located in Egypt and England during the war, maintained a regular correspondence with the siblings of her husband, George Stewart, after his death in November 1915. This article explores the role Elizabeth’s letter-writing played in helping her to negotiate her grief over her husband’s death. It documents Elizabeth’s increasing efforts to connect to George in a spiritual sense through the alternative religious movement of Spiritualism.This article has been peer-reviewed.
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