Description

Now in paperback–the award-winning account of how 18 million women, many of whom had never before held a job, entered the work force in 1942-45 to help the United States fight World War II. Their unprecedented participation would change the course of history for women, and America, forever.

An ALA Best Book for Young Adult

An ALA Notable Book

AUTHOR: Penny Colman

GENRE: Young Adult Non-Fiction, History

An IRA Teachers' Choice

A Junior Library Guild Selection

An NCTE Orbis Pictus Honor Award Winner for Outstanding Nonfiction

A New York Public Library Best Book for the Teenager

A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year

PUBLISHING: USA Crown 1995.

ISBN: 9780517885673

PAGE COUNT: 120 pages