Rosie the riveter : women working on the home front in World War II /
Colman, Penny.
Rosie the riveter : women working on the home front in World War II / Penny Colman ; illustrated with photographs. - 1st ed. - New York : Crown Publishers, c1995. - 120 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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.
051759790X 9780517597903 0517597918 (lib. bdg.) 9780517597910 (lib. bdg.) 0517885670 (pbk.) 9780517885673 (pbk.) 9780613058032 (Tandem) 0613058038 (Tandem) 9780780783430 (PFNL) 0780783433 (PFNL)
94003614
Women--Employment--History--United States--20th century--Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945--Women--United States--Juvenile literature.
Rosie the riveter : women working on the home front in World War II / Penny Colman ; illustrated with photographs. - 1st ed. - New York : Crown Publishers, c1995. - 120 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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.
051759790X 9780517597903 0517597918 (lib. bdg.) 9780517597910 (lib. bdg.) 0517885670 (pbk.) 9780517885673 (pbk.) 9780613058032 (Tandem) 0613058038 (Tandem) 9780780783430 (PFNL) 0780783433 (PFNL)
94003614
Women--Employment--History--United States--20th century--Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945--Women--United States--Juvenile literature.