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Doris WeatherfordPublication Details
Book1st edRoutledge2010Availability
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American Women During World War II : An Encyclopedia
Sophia Loren
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Studio CanalPublication Details
VideoLions Gate Entertainment2008Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS MEDIA: VIDEO (MAIN) PN1997.A1 S674 2008 AVAILABLE
Good Girls, Good Food, Good Fun : The Story Of USO Hostesses During World War II
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Meghan K. WinchellPublication Details
BookUniversity of North Carolina Press2008Description
To that end, Winchell explains, USO recruitment practices characterized white middle-class women as sexually respectable, thus implying that the sexual behavior of working-class women and women of color was suspicious. In response, women of color sought to redefine the USO’s definition of beauty and respectability, challenging the USO’s vision of a home front that was free of racial, gender, and sexual conflict. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (LOWER LEVEL) D810.E8 W56 2008 AVAILABLE
The Life And Times Of Rosie The Riveter
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a Clarity Films production with the support of the National Endowment for the Humanities ; produced and directed by Connie FieldPublication Details
VideoClarity Educational Productions2007Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS MEDIA: VIDEO (MAIN) D810 .W7 L54 2007 c.2 DUE 11-25-09
Slinging Doughnuts For The Boys : An American Woman In World War II
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James H. MadisonPublication Details
BookIndiana University Press2007Links
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Elizabeth Richardson was a Red Cross volunteer who worked in a Clubmobile unit during World War II until her death in a plane crash in July 1945. Her job was to provide free doughnuts and coffee, cigarettes and gum to American soldiers on duty in England, and later in France. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (LOWER LEVEL) D807.U6 M24 2007 AVAILABLE
Victory Girls, Khaki-wackies, And Patriotutes : The Regulation Of Female Sexuality During World War II
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Marilyn E. HegartyPublication Details
BookNew York University Press2008Links
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Jane: Sexuality and Power in the Women’s Army Corps During World War II “The strength of Victory Girls, Khaki-Wackies, and Patriotutes is [Hegarty’s] delving deep into bureaucratic files, piecing together the Federal and state US officials’ steps toward, and thinking behind, mobilizing and controlling American women’s sexuality.” —Cynthia Enloe, author of The Curious Feminist: Searching for Women in a New Age of Empire Victory Girls, Khaki-Wackies, and Patriotutes offers a counter-narrative to the story of Rosie the Riveter, the icon of female patriotism during World War II. While the de-sexualized Rosie was celebrated, women who used their sexuality — either intentionally or inadvertently — to serve their country encountered a contradictory morals campaign launched by government and social agencies, which shunned female sexuality while valorizing masculine sexuality. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (LOWER LEVEL) HQ18.U5 H42 2008 AVAILABLE
Thanks For The Memories : Love, Sex, And World War II
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Jane Mersky LederPublication Details
BookPraeger Publishers2006Links
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The collective consciousness of World War II revolved around the virtues of bravery, sacrifice, and commitment. In fact, World War II, like all wars, was an era of sexual experimentation and a general loosening of morals. Thanks for the Memories: Love, Sex, and World War II is the true story of how that generation responded to the fervor of war and how those passions changed their lives?and the relationships between the sexes?forever. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (LOWER LEVEL) D744.7.U6 L43 2006 AVAILABLE
A Woman In Berlin : Eight Weeks In The Conquered City : A Diary
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by Anonymous ; translated by Philip BoehmPublication Details
Book1st American edMetropolitan Books/Henry Holt2005Description
An astonishing find-the landmark journal of a woman living though the Russian occupation of Berlin-which has already earned comparisons to diaries by Etty Hillesum and Victor Klemperer For six weeks in 1945, as Berlin fell to the Russian army, a young woman, alone in the city, kept a daily record of her and her neighbors’ experiences, determined to describe the common lot of millions. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (LOWER LEVEL) D757.9.B4 W66 2005 AVAILABLE
Our Mothers’ War : American Women At Home And At The Front During World War II
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Emily YellinPublication Details
BookFree Press2004Links
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“Our women are serving actively in many ways in this war, and they are doing a grand job on both the fighting front and the home front.” — Eleanor Roosevelt, 1944 Our Mothers’ War is a stunning and unprecedented portrait of women during World War II, a war that forever transformed the way women participate in American society. Drawing on a wide range of sources, including personal interviews and previously unpublished letters and diaries, Yellin shows what went on in the hearts and minds of the real women behind the female images of World War II — women working in war plants; (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (LOWER LEVEL) D810.W7 Y45 2004 AVAILABLE
A Gesture Life
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Chang-rae LeePublication Details
Book1st Riverhead trade pbk. edRiverhead Books2000Description
It is also a tragic, horrifying page-turner, whose evocation of wartime victims is unforgettable…a deeply involving tale.”-Chicago Tribune A Gesture Life is: “Unforgettable.”-USA Today “Mesmerizing.”-San Francisco Chronicle Book Review “Masterly.”-Newsweek “Magnificent.”-Newsday “Beautiful.”-Los Angeles Times Book Review “Hugely affecting.”-Boston Globe “Remarkable.”-Kirkus Reviews (starred) One Of The Most Celebrated Novels of the Year A New York Times Notable Book A Los Angeles Times Notable Book of the Year A Publishers Weekly Notable Book of the Year A Finalist for the New Yorker Book Award An Esquire Distinguished Book of the Year Talk Magazine’s Best Book of 1999 An ALA Notable Book of the Year A St. Louis Post-Dispatch Notable Book of the Year (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (UPPER LEVEL) PS3562.E3347 G4 2000 AVAILABLE
On The Farm Front : The Women’s Land Army In World War II
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Stephanie A. CarpenterPublication Details
BookNorthern Illinois University Press2003Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (LOWER LEVEL) D810.W7 C368 2003 AVAILABLE
The Women Who Lived For Danger : The Agents Of The Special Operations Executive
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Marcus BinneyPublication Details
Book1st U.S. edWilliam Morrow2003Description
In The Women Who Lived for Danger, acclaimed historian Marcus Binney recounts the story of ten remarkable women who were dropped in occupied territories to work as secret agents. SOE women agents came from all walks of life: from the dazzling Polish Countess Krystyna Skarbek (alias Christine Granville) and the American Virginia Hall, who was from a rich Baltimore family, to Marguerite Knight, a secretary in Walthamstow. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (LOWER LEVEL) D810.S7 B49 2003 AVAILABLE
Flying Higher : The Women Airforce Service Pilots Of World War II
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by Wanda LangleyPublication Details
BookLinnet Books2002Description
Organized by the powerhouse air legend Jackie Cochran, who fought right up to the top brass for these crack pilots, the WASPs were determined to do their duty. Much of the story is seen in the life of Marie Michell, a nineteen-year-old WASP and fine pilot whose death in a crash underscores the dangers these women faced on a daily basis while doing what they did best to serve their country in war. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (LOWER LEVEL) D810.W7 W345 2002 AVAILABLE
Where The Action Was : Women War Correspondents In World War II
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by Penny ColmanPublication Details
BookCrown Publishers2002Description
During World War II, 127 women managed to obtain official accreditation from the U.S. War Department as war correspondents. Their tenacity, bravery, and fresh approach to reporting war news broke the gender barrier and opened the way for women journalists of today. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS CHILD LIT (LOWER) 070.4 C716w AVAILABLE
Bitter Fruit : African American Women In World War II
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edited with an introduction by Maureen HoneyPublication Details
BookUniversity of Missouri Press1999Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (LOWER LEVEL) D810.N4 B4 1999 AVAILABLE
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