Rosie the Riveter: Women Working on the Home Front in World War II - Rilegato

Colman, Penny

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ISBN 10: 051759790X ISBN 13: 9780517597903

Casa editrice: Crown Pub, 1995

Riassunto

An account, based on interviews and other sources, of the women who replaced men in defense plants, factories, and offices and on farms during the Second World War

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Recensione

"Colman expertly explores the enormous changes in the lives of women in their own homes and beyond. The strengths of this book are in the happy combination of abundant primary source material, a clear narrative style, and effective well-placed photographs. An important contribution."--Kirkus Reviews, pointer
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with black-and-white photographs. When America's men went off to war in 1942, millions of women were recruited, through posters and other propaganda, to work at non-traditional jobs.  In defense plants, factories, offices, and everywhere else workers were needed, they were--for the first time--well paid and financially independent.  But eventually the war ended, and the government and industries that had once persuaded them to work for the war effort now instructed them to return home and take care of their husbands and children.  Based on interviews and original research by noted historian Penny Colman, Rosie the Riveter shows young readers how women fought World War II from the home front.

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• Editore: Crown Pub
• Data di pubblicazione: 1995
• ISBN 10: 051759790X
• ISBN 13: 9780517597903
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida