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Title:
Our mothers' war : American women at home and at the Front during World War II / Emily Yellin.
Author:
Yellin, Emily, 1961-
Publication Information:
New York : Free Press, c2004.
Call Number:
D810 .W7 Y45 2004
ISBN:
9780743245142
Physical Description:
xiv, 447 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents:
To bring him home safely : wives, mothers, and sisters of servicemen -- Soldiers without guns : female defense industry workers -- Putting up a good front : female entertainers, fictional characters, and icons -- This man's army : WACs -- On duty at home : WAVES, SPARs, marines, and WASPs -- Save his life and find your own : volunteers, Land Army, Red Cross Girls, and nurses -- Jane Crow : African-American women -- Behind enemy lines : spies, propaganda workers, and those who worked for the enemy -- A question of loyalty : Japanese-American women -- Qualified successes : politicians, journalists, doctors, baseball players, and other professional women -- The "wrong kind" of woman : prostitutes, unwed mothers, and lesbians -- A war within the war : right-wing, anti-Semitic mothers' groups and Jewish-American women -- Inside the secret city : wives and WACs in Los Alamos -- Their legacy : our mothers' war years resounding through our lives.
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