Rosie the riveter
Subtitle: women working on the home front in World War II
By: Penny Colman ; illustrated with photographs
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Crown Publishers
Published: 1995
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 120
ISBN-13: 9780517597903; 9780517597910; 9780517885673; 9780613058032; 9780780783430
Subjects: Berufstätigkeit; Juvenile literature; Weltkrieg (1939-1945); Frau; Arbeiterin; World War, 1939-1945; History; Employment; Women
Description: Describes how working conditions changed during World War II, when women held many different jobs.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [110]-113) 0and index.
Table of contents: title: ONE; title: War! "How are things going to change?" -- -- TWO; title: Home front "the exit of life-as-usual -- -- THREE; title: Extraordinary opportunities for women "Rosie the Riveter" -- -- FOUR; title: Getting ready for war "the great arsenal for democracy" -- -- FIVE The; title: First six months "Job, jobs, jobs" -- -- SIX The; title: War years wear on "I'll do anything for my country" -- -- SEVEN The; title: Final war years "It's a man's and woman's world" -- -- EIGHT; title: Pioneers in the American workplace I had a chance to prove that I could do something" -- -- NINE; title: Peace "the men had been promised their jobs when they came back." --; title: Select list of women's wartime jobs --; title: Facts & figures about women war workers --; title: Chronology.