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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:

2017

Description:

266 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

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.

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."

Series:

Women of action

ISBN:

9781613735237
1613735235

OCLC:

(OCoLC)945390941

Locations:

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

RNPC397 -- Mary J. Barnett Memorial Library (Guthrie Center)