Our mothers' war : American women at home and at the Front during World War II
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- ISBN: 0743245148 :
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xiv, 447 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
print - Publisher: New York : Free Press, c2004.
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 385-428) and index. |
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Subject: | World War, 1939-1945 Women United States |
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Our Mothers' War : American Women at Home and at the Front During World War II
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Table of Contents
Our Mothers' War : American Women at Home and at the Front During World War II
Section | Section Description | Page Number |
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Prologue: For Carol Lynn: Unearthing Our Mothers' War Years | p. ix | |
Part I | ||
1 | To Bring Him Home Safely: Wives, Mothers, and Sisters of Servicemen | p. 3 |
2 | Soldiers Without Guns: Female Defense Industry Workers | p. 37 |
3 | Putting Up a Good Front: Female Entertainers, Fictional Characters, and Icons | p. 73 |
Part II | ||
4 | This Man's Army: WACs | p. 109 |
5 | On Duty at Home: WAVES, SPARs, Marines, and WASPs | p. 135 |
6 | Save His Life and Find Your Own: Volunteers, Land Army, Red Cross Girls, and Nurses | p. 165 |
7 | Jane Crow: African-American Women | p. 199 |
8 | Behind Enemy Lines: Spies, Propaganda Workers, and Those Who Worked for the Enemy | p. 225 |
9 | A Question of Loyalty: Japanese-American Women | p. 253 |
10 | Qualified Successes: Politicians, Journalists, Doctors, Baseball Players, and Other Professional Women | p. 279 |
Part III | ||
11 | The "Wrong Kind" of Woman: Prostitutes, Unwed Mothers, and Lesbians | p. 305 |
12 | A War Within the War: Right-Wing, Anti-Semitic Mothers' Groups and Jewish-American Women | p. 329 |
13 | Inside the Secret City: Wives and WACs in Los Alamos | p. 353 |
Epilogue: Their Legacy: Our Mothers' War Years Resounding Through Our Lives | p. 377 | |
Notes | p. 385 | |
Bibliography | p. 415 | |
Acknowledgments | p. 429 | |
Index | p. 434 | |
Permission Credits | p. 448 |