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Rosie the riveter : women working on the home front in World War II / Penny Colman ; illustrated with photographs.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Crown Publishers, c1995.Edition: 1st edDescription: 120 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 051759790X
  • 9780517597903
  • 0517597918 (lib. bdg.)
  • 9780517597910 (lib. bdg.)
  • 0517885670 (pbk.)
  • 9780517885673 (pbk.)
  • 9780613058032 (Tandem)
  • 0613058038 (Tandem)
  • 9780780783430 (PFNL)
  • 0780783433 (PFNL)
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Rosie the riveter.
Contents:
ONE War! "How are things going to change?" -- TWO Home front "the exit of life-as-usual -- THREE Extraordinary opportunities for women "Rosie the Riveter" -- FOUR Getting ready for war "the great arsenal for democracy" -- FIVE The First six months "Job, jobs, jobs" -- SIX The War years wear on "I'll do anything for my country" -- SEVEN The Final war years "It's a man's and woman's world" -- EIGHT Pioneers in the American workplace I had a chance to prove that I could do something" -- NINE Peace "the men had been promised their jobs when they came back." -- Select list of women's wartime jobs -- Facts & figures about women war workers -- Chronology.
Summary: Describes how working conditions changed during World War II, when women held many different jobs.
Item type: Book
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Martha's Vineyard High School Library 331.409/COL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 39844400009672

Includes bibliographical references (p. [110]-113) 0and index.

ONE War! "How are things going to change?" -- TWO Home front "the exit of life-as-usual -- THREE Extraordinary opportunities for women "Rosie the Riveter" -- FOUR Getting ready for war "the great arsenal for democracy" -- FIVE The First six months "Job, jobs, jobs" -- SIX The War years wear on "I'll do anything for my country" -- SEVEN The Final war years "It's a man's and woman's world" -- EIGHT Pioneers in the American workplace I had a chance to prove that I could do something" -- NINE Peace "the men had been promised their jobs when they came back." -- Select list of women's wartime jobs -- Facts & figures about women war workers -- Chronology.

Describes how working conditions changed during World War II, when women held many different jobs.

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