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Author:

Weatherford, Doris.

Title:

American women and World War II / Doris Weatherford.

Publisher:

Castle Books,

Copyright Date:

2008

Description:

xi, 338 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

World War, 1939-1945--Women--United States.
Women--United States--History--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 322-325) and index.

Contents:

pt. 1. Be a nurse and see the world. Military nurses in battle -- Calling all nightingales -- pt. 2. The military woman. Duty calls, women enter the military -- You're in the army now, life in the camps -- What GI Jane learned -- The problems she faced -- The skeptics convert -- pt. 3. The new industrial woman. Recruitment of a new labor force -- Rosie the riveter rallies to new jobs -- Women's problems are production's problems -- Balancing act: managing job and home -- From blue collar to pink: women and industry change each other -- pt. 4. The home front. The normal housewife in abnormal times -- Volunteers and more -- Wartime wedding -- The waiting wife -- "The war departments regrets ...." -- pt. 5. Afterward.

Series:

History of women in America

ISBN:

0785824901
9780785824909

OCLC:

(OCoLC)294902064

Locations:

TNPD062 -- Belle Plaine Community Library (Belle Plaine)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

OUAX845 -- Dordt University (Sioux Center)

SKPC094 -- Sumner Public Library (Sumner)