Rosie the Riveter. Women Working on the Home Front in World War II. Penny Colman

Penny Colman

ISBN 10: 051759790X / ISBN 13: 9780517597903

Published by Crown Publishers, BNew York, 1995

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Rosie the Riveter. Women Working on the Home Front in World War II. In deutscher Sprache. pages.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Rosie the Riveter. Women Working on the Home Front in World War II. Penny Colman
• Publisher: Crown Publishers, BNew York
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 051759790X
• ISBN 13: 9780517597903
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1995.
• Condition: gut
• Weight: 2000 grams

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Synopsis

Illustrated with black-and-white photographs. When America's men went off to war in 1942, millions of women were recruited, through posters and other propaganda, to work at non-traditional jobs.  In defense plants, factories, offices, and everywhere else workers were needed, they were--for the first time--well paid and financially independent.  But eventually the war ended, and the government and industries that had once persuaded them to work for the war effort now instructed them to return home and take care of their husbands and children.  Based on interviews and original research by noted historian Penny Colman, Rosie the Riveter shows young readers how women fought World War II from the home front.  

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with black-and-white photographs. When America's men went off to war in 1942, millions of women were recruited, through posters and other propaganda, to work at non-traditional jobs.  In defense plants, factories, offices, and everywhere else workers were needed, they were--for the first time--well paid and financially independent.  But eventually the war ended, and the government and industries that had once persuaded them to work for the war effort now instructed them to return home and take care of their husbands and children.  Based on interviews and original research by noted historian Penny Colman, Rosie the Riveter shows young readers how women fought World War II from the home front.