Dr Janet Butler is an honorary research associate in the History Program at La Trobe University. She discusses Kit McNaughton’s daily diary, exploring how it reveals Kitty’s life in process, not only what her experiences were, but also the changes in her ideas about herself and her world in response to them. Her book, Kitty’s War, based on the diaries of First World War army nurse Kitty McNaughton, was awarded the 2013 New South Wales Premier’s History Prize for Australian History.