American Women in a World at War

Judy Barrett Litoff is professor of history at Bryant College. David C. Smith is Bird and Bird Professor of History Emeritus at the University of Maine.

American Women in a World at War provides abundant materials (many of which have been out of print) on gender, class and race during World War II. Feminist Bookstore News Well balanced by roles, race, and region, this collection provides fascinating insight into what it meant to be an American woman during World War II. -- D'Ann Campbell, Austin Peay State University With the publication of American Women in a World at War, we know that women of all races and classes fought on both the home front and the battlefront. An invaluable collection of contemporary accounts by American women who fought the war. -- William M. Tuttle Jr., author of Race Riot: Chicago in the Red Summer of 1919 and Daddy's Gone to War The Second World War in the Lives of America's Children The women here almost leap from the pages and pull the reader into their stories. Thanks to Litoff and SMith for retrieving this crucial segment of women's history. -- Glenda Riley An interesting book, pioneering in many ways, and a definite contribution to the history of U.S. participation in World War II, its stories gathered into a bouquet of historical documentation. International Social Science Review

• Chapter 1 Introduction Part 2 I Preparing for War Chapter 3 Women for Defense Chapter 4 Women in the War Chapter 5 The Negro Woman in National Defense Part 6 II In the Military Chapter 7 Yes, Ma'am!: The Personal Papers of a WAAC Private Chapter 8 The WAVES: The Story of the Girls in Blue Chapter 9 Three Years Behind the Mast Chapter 10 Shakedown Cruise Part 11 III At "Far-Flung" Fronts Chapter 12 Navy Nurse Chapter 13 I Served on Bataan Chapter 14 G.I. Nightingale Chapter 15 Home Away from Home Chapter 16 I Knew Your Soldier Chapter 17 Shooting the Russian War Part 18 IV On the Home Front Chapter 19 Camp Follower Chapter 20 If Your Baby Must Travel in Wartime Chapter 21 So Your Husband's Gone to War! Chapter 22 The Negro Woman Serves America Part 23 War Jobs Chapter 24 Arms and the Girl Chapter 25 Negro Women War Workers Chapter 26 Shipyard Diary of a Woman Welder Chapter 27 Women and Farm Work Part 28 VI Preparing for the Postwar World Chapter 29 Out of the Kitchen—Into the War Chapter 30 Women Workers in Transition from War to Peace Chapter 31 Women's Responsibility in World Affairs Chapter 32 Our Stake in Tomorrow's World Chapter 33 Suggested Readings