This title examines the role of women on the US home front during World War II, focusing on the factory workers, volunteers, and service members who helped the

The changing role of women in warfare, a neglected aspect of military history, is the subject of this collection of perceptive, thought-provoking essays. By loo

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 soc

During World War II, unprecedented employment avenues opened up for women and minorities in U.S. defense industries at the same time that massive population shi

Now in paperback--the award-winning account of how 18 million women, many of whom had never before held a job, entered the work force in 1942-45 to help the Uni