Beyond Rosie : a documentary history of women and World War II

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Label

Beyond Rosie : a documentary history of women and World War II

Title remainder

a documentary history of women and World War II

Statement of responsibility

edited by Julia Brock, Jennifer W. Dickey, Richard J.W. Harker, and Catherine M. Lewis

Contributor

• Lewis, Catherine M.
• Brock, Julia
• Harker, Richard J. W.
• Dickey, Jennifer W.

Editor

• Lewis, Catherine M.
• Brock, Julia
• Dickey, Jennifer W.
• Harker, Richard J. W.

Subject

• 1900 - 1999
• Andra världskriget 1939-1945 -- genusaspekter
• Arbetsmarknad -- förvärvsarbete
• Armed forces
• Female role -- Second World War -- United States -- 20th century
• Förenta staterna
• History
• Industrial work
• Industriarbete
• Kvinnor i försvaret
• Kvinnor och krig
• Kvinnorollen -- Andra världskriget -- Förenta staterna -- 1900-talet
• Labour market -- gainful employment
• Military participation -- Female
• Militären
• United States
• War work
• Women
• Women -- Employment
• Women -- Employment -- United States -- History -- 20th century
• Women -- United States -- History -- 20th century
• World War (1939-1945)
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Female
• World War, 1939-1945 -- War work -- United States
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- United States

Genre

• History

Language

eng

Summary

"More so than any war in history, World War II was a woman's war. Women, motivated by patriotism, the opportunity for new experiences, and the desire to serve, participated widely in the global conflict. Within the Allied countries, women of all ages proved to be invaluable in the fight for victory. Rosie the Riveter became the most enduring image of women's involvement in World War II. What Rosie represented, however, is only a small portion of a complex story. As wartime production workers, enlistees in auxiliary military units, members of voluntary organizations or resistance groups, wives and mothers on the home front, journalists, and USO performers, American women found ways to challenge traditional gender roles and stereotypes. Beyond Rosie offers readers an opportunity to see the numerous contributions women made to the fight against the Axis powers and how American women's roles changed during the war. The primary documents (newspapers, propaganda posters, cartoons, excerpts from oral histories and memoirs, speeches, photographs, and editorials) collected here represent cultural, political, economic, and social perspectives on the diverse roles women played during World War II."--Page 4 of cover

Cataloging source

YDXCP

Dewey number

940.53082

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

D810.W7

LC item number

B49 2015

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography