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World War II: Women and the War

Resources for studying and researching topics related to the Second World War.

Books in Carnegie Library

Pure Grit by Mary Cronk Farrell; ANC RVN, First Lieutenant Diane Carlson Evans (Foreword by)
Call Number: 940.54 FAR
ISBN: 1419710281
Publication Date: 2014-02-25

Useful Articles and Links

American Women in World War II
World War II: Women at War
45 outstanding captioned photographs
World War II: Women and the War, Women's Army Corp, Marine Corp
What did you do in the war, Grandma?
An Oral History of Rhode Island Women during World War II
From Homemaker to Shipbuilder
Women Come to the Front
Journalists, photographers, and broadcasters during WWII
Women and the U.S. Navy
Women's Contribution to the U. S. Corps of Engineers during WWII
National Women Airforce Service Pilots World War II Museum
Female World War II Pilots: the original fly girls
Female World War II Pilots Honored
11 Women Warriors of World War II
Sharing the Burden: Women in Cryptology during World War II
Pictured for the first time: Bletchley Park's women code-breakers who operated the world's first electronic computer during Second World War

Fiction

Mare's War by Tanita S. Davis
Call Number: F-Historical DAV
ISBN: 9780375857140
Publication Date: 2009-06-09
Flygirl by Sherri L. Smith
Call Number: F SMI
ISBN: 9780399247095
Publication Date: 2009-01-22
During World War II, a light-skinned African-American girl "passes" for white to join the Women Airforce Service Pilots.