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- The Light of Days: The Untold Story of the Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler’s Ghettos by Judy Batalion. At the bottom of a box of documents in the British Museum were dusty notebooks written in Yiddish.
- The Correspondents: Six Women Writers on the Front Lines of World War II by Judith Mackrell. In late August 1939 reporter Clare Hollingworth was on assignment near the German-Polish frontier.
- A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II by Sonia Purnell. Sonia Purnell’s story of Virginia Hall, the American socialite who spied for the Allies, is as enjoyable for its novelistic elan as it is for Hall’s daring feats behind enemy lines.
- The Comfort Women: Sexual Violence and Postcolonial Memory in Korea and Japan by C. Sarah Soh. Beginning in 1931 with its attack on Manchuria, the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy broadcast its power throughout Asia with a brutality borne from the racist notion other Asians were not the equal of the Japanese.
Summary. The Second World War changed the United States for women, and women in turn transformed their nation. Over three hundred fifty thousand women volunteered for military service, while twenty times as many stepped into civilian jobs, including positions previously closed to them. More than seven million women who had not been wage earners ...
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- Courage, My Love by Kristin Beck. This book highlights times when ordinary women do extraordinary things. It’s 1943, and widowed Lucia, trying to raise her son in German-occupied Rome, does her best to ignore escalating tensions until it becomes impossible.
- Daughters of the Night Sky by Aimie K. Runyan. A troop of female pilots becomes the enemy’s worst nightmare. Katya has always wanted to fly — even though she’s a girl — and must prove herself over and over.
- The Library of Legends by Janie Chang. Students embark on a perilous journey to safeguard both human lives and a priceless library. When Japanese forces invade China, university student Lian must flee to the interior of China with her classmates and professors, taking with them an ancient library of Chinese legends.
- The Invisible Woman by Erika Robuck. World War II’s most improbable spy was born to high society, but was more interested in adventure than fashion or debutante balls.
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- Transcription by Kate Atkinson. Juliet Armstrong reflects on her life in 1940, when she was recruited by MI5 to spy on Fascist sympathizers in the heart of London.
- Suite Française by Irène Némirovsky. Though sadly unfinished — Némirovsky was arrested and sent to Auschwitz in 1942 — Suite Française is still a remarkable piece of work.
- The Night Watch by Sarah Waters. A novel which moves backwards in time, The Night Watch uses this gimmick effectively to explore relationships in war torn London.
- Goodnight Mr Tom by Michelle Magorian. Willie Beech is evacuated from London to the countryside, and he goes to stay at the home of Tom Oakley in the village of Little Weirwold.
Between 1942 and 1944, at the height of World War II, more than a thousand women left homes and jobs for the opportunity of a lifetime--to become the first in history to fly for the U.S. military. These women became the Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II, better known as the WASP.
Jun 1, 2005 · Over the past quarter of a century many important and highly acclaimed books about American women and World War II have been published. Works by Karen Anderson, D'Ann Campbell, Susan Hartmann, Sherna Berger Gluck, Judy Barrett Litoff, Martha S. Putney, Susan Godson, Paula Nassen Poulos, Jeanne M. Holm, and many others have greatly expanded our knowledge of women's experiences during World War II.
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Aug 1, 2023 · Valiant Women is a summary of how women became a part of the United States military during World War II, and how they contributed to the war effort. What surprises me is that women were involved in all branches of the US military, and their work was far more extensive than I previously thought.
