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Author:

Mullenbach, Cheryl.

Title:

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

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Chicago Review Press,

Copyright Date:

c2013

Description:

266 p. : ill. ; 23 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.
United States--History--History--20th century.
African American women--History--History--20th century.
African Americans--Employment.
African Americans--Civil rights.

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:

An account of the lesser-known contributions of African-American women during World War II reveals how they helped lay the foundations for the Civil Rights Movement by challenging racial and gender barriers at home and abroad.

ISBN:

1569768080 (hardcover)
9781569768082 (hardcover)

LCCN:

2012021343

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