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Author:

Mullenbach, Cheryl, author.

Title:

Double victory : how African American women broke race and gender barriers to help win World War II / Cheryl Mullenbach.

Publisher:

Chicago Review Press,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

1 online resource (266 pages) : illustrations

Subject:

World War, 1939-1945--African Americans.
World War, 1939-1945--Women--United States.
African American women--History--20th century.
African American women--History--History--20th century.
African American women--History--History--20th century.
African Americans--Employment.
African Americans--Civil rights.
United States--History--History--20th century.
Electronic books.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

War workers : "Negroes cannot be accepted" -- Political activists : "I am not a party girl, I want to build a movement" -- In the military : "Will all the colored girls move over on this side" -- Volunteers : "Back the attack" -- Entertainers : "We don't take your kind."

Summary:

Examines the stories of African American women and their contributions to the war effort during World War II, contributions usually overlooked at the time due to the color of their skin--women like Hazel Dixon Payne, the only woman who served on the Alaska-Canadian Highway, or like Betty Murphy Phillips, the only female, African American war correspondent overseas.

Indexed by:

School Library Journal, 1/2013
Voice of Youth Advocate, 4/2013

ISBN:

1613745338
9781613745335

Locations:

NPSX771 -- North Polk High School (Alleman)

0YSX353 -- Hampton-Dumont High School (Hampton)