Rosie the Riveter: Women Working on the Home Front in World War II - Softcover

Colman, Penny

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0517885670 ISBN 13: 9780517885673

Publisher: Random House USA Children's Books, 1998

Synopsis

Illustrated with black-and-white photographs. When America's men went off to
war in 1942, millions of women were recruited, through posters and other
propaganda, to work at non-traditional jobs. In defense plants, factories,
offices, and everywhere else workers were needed, they were--for the first
time--well paid and financially independent. But eventually the war ended, and
the government and industries that had once persuaded them to work for the war
effort now instructed them to return home and take care of their husbands and
children. Based on interviews and original research by noted historian Penny
Colman, "Rosie the Riveter" shows young readers how women fought World War
II from the home front.

About this title

Review:

"Colman expertly explores the enormous changes in the lives of women in their own homes and beyond. The strengths of this book are in the happy combination of abundant primary source material, a clear narrative style, and effective well-placed photographs. An important contribution."--Kirkus Reviews, pointer

About the Author:

Penny Colman is the author of ten children's and young adult books, among them Rosie the Riveter and Girls: A History of Growing Up Female in America.

About this edition

• Publisher: Random House USA Children's Books
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0517885670
• ISBN 13: 9780517885673
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128