Author: Alice AgnusPublisher:
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Category : Women
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Part-time Employment of Women in Wartime ...
Author: Alice AgnusSpecial Bulletin ... of the Women's Bureau: Part-time employment of women in wartime. 1943
Author: Part-Time Employment of Women in Wartime
Author: Part-time Employment of Women in Wartime
Author: Alice A. MorrisonPublisher:
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Category : Electronic books
Languages : en
Pages : 17
Book Description
Women Workers in Ten War Production Areas and Their Postwar Employment Plans
Author: Sylvia Rosenberg WeissbrodtPublisher:
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Category : Women
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
Women at Work in Wartime
Author: Katherine GloverPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Women
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
The Role of World War II in the Rise of Women's Work
Author: Claudia Dale GoldinPublisher:
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Category : Economic surveys
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
The 1940's were a turning point in married women's labor force participation, leading many to credit World War II with spurring economic and social change. This paper uses information from two retrospective surveys, one in 1944 and another in 1951, to resolve the role of World War II in the rise of women's paid work. More than 50% of all married women working in 1950 had been employed in 1940, and more than half of the decade's new entrants joined the labor force after the war. Of those women who entered the labor force during the war, almost half exited before 1950. Employment during World War II did not enhance a woman's earnings in 1950 in a manner consistent with most hypotheses about the war. Considerable persistence in the labor force and in occupations during the turbulent 1940's is displayed for women working in 1950, similar to findings for the periods both before and after. World War Il had several significant indirect impacts on women's employment, but its direct influence appears considerably more modest.
Code Girls
Author: Liza MundyPublisher: Hachette Books
ISBN: 0316352551
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
The award-winning New York Times bestseller about the American women who secretly served as codebreakers during World War II--a "prodigiously researched and engrossing" (New York Times) book that "shines a light on a hidden chapter of American history" (Denver Post). Recruited by the U.S. Army and Navy from small towns and elite colleges, more than ten thousand women served as codebreakers during World War II. While their brothers and boyfriends took up arms, these women moved to Washington and learned the meticulous work of code-breaking. Their efforts shortened the war, saved countless lives, and gave them access to careers previously denied to them. A strict vow of secrecy nearly erased their efforts from history; now, through dazzling research and interviews with surviving code girls, bestselling author Liza Mundy brings to life this riveting and vital story of American courage, service, and scientific accomplishment.
Women Wartime Spies
Author: Ann KramerPublisher: Grub Street Publishers
ISBN: 1844683826
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
“A thrilling, challenging and educational book . . . examines the roles of spies such a Edith Cavell, Mata Hari, Violette Szabo and Noor Inayat Khan” (Pennant Magazine). Women spies have rarely received the recognition they deserve. They have often been trivialized and, in cinema and popular fiction, stereotyped as vamps or dupes. The reality is very different. As spies, women have played a critical role during wartime, receiving and passing on vital information, frequently at considerable risk. Often able to blend into their background more easily than their male counterparts, women have worked as couriers, transmitters, and with resistance fighters, their achievements often unknown. Many have died. Ann Kramer describes the role of women spies during wartime, with particular reference to the two world wars. She looks at why some women chose to become spies, their motives, and backgrounds. She looks at the experience of women spies during wartime, what training they received, and what skills they needed. She examines the reality of life for a woman spy, operating behind enemy lines, and explores and explodes the myths about women spies that continue until the present day. The focus is mainly on Britain but also takes an international view as appropriate. “Tells the often surprising stories of some of the women who chose to become spies and to serve their country . . . An excellent work.” —The Great War Magazine
The Employment of Women in War Production
Author: United States. Bureau of Employment SecurityPublisher:
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Category : Economic aspects
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description