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We are a college at war : women working for victory in World War II / Mary Weaks-Baxter, Christine Bruun, and Catherine Forslund.

Publication | Digitized | Library Call Number: D810.E45 R63 2010

Overview

Format: Book
Author/Creator: Weaks-Baxter, Mary.
Published: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, ©2010
Locale: Illinois
Contents: Introduction: The Jane Addams legacy
War looms
A crisis of opportunity
Rescue stories
Home-front activism
Women wanted
Romances of war
Twentieth-century feminism and new roles for women.
Other Authors/Editors: Bruun, Christine, 1943-
Forslund, Catherine, 1955-
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: The Jane Addams legacy -- War looms -- A crisis of opportunity -- Rescue stories -- Home-front activism -- Women wanted -- Romances of war -- Twentieth-century feminism and new roles for women.

Physical Details

Language: English
External Link: Electronic version(s) available. Hosted by ProQuest
ISBN: 9780809329922
0809329921
Additional Form: Electronic version(s) available internally at USHMM.
Physical Description: xvi, 237 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects: World War, 1939-1945--War work--Schools. World War, 1939-1945--Women--Illinois. Women college students--Illinois--History--20th century. Cheek, Mary Ashby. Addams, Jane,--1860-1935. Rockford College--History--20th century.

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