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World War II Resources

Selected resources about World War II

Find primary sources about women in WWII and at home

Rosie Pictures: Select Images Relating to American Women Workers During World War II
Pictures of women during WWII who worked in the factories Library of Congress
Women Come to the Front
This website from the Library of Congress follows 8 different women who preformed different tasks on the WWII front lines.
World War II - Women Veterans Historical Collection
This is a collection of primary resources about Women who served in the military from WWII. These primary resources have been made available for online viewing by the UNCG Archives.

Punch in, Susie! A Woman's War Factory Diary by Nell Giles
Call Number: 331.487 G472p

Publication Date: 1943

A first hand account of what life was like in the United States during WWII by a woman who worked in a factory producing products for the war effort.

North American Women's Letters and Diaries
Find eyewitness accounts of historical events from 1675- 1950. Primary sources about women.

All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Players Association
In 1943 the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League was formed by Chicago Cubs owner Phillip Wrigley to keep baseball parks from closing while all the men were fighting in WWII.

One Woman's Army: A Black Officer Remembers the WAC by Charity Adams Earley
Call Number: **ebook**

ISBN: 089096694X

Publication Date: 1995
Since You Went Away: World War II Letters from American Women on the Home Front by Judy B. Litoff (Editor); David C. Smith (Editor)
Call Number: 940.53150420922 S615

ISBN: 0195067959

Publication Date: 1991

Find secondary sources about women in WWII and at home

In Defence of a Nation: Servicewomen in World War II by Jeanne M. Holm; Judith Bellafaire (Editor)
Call Number: 355.22082 I35

ISBN: 091833943X

Publication Date: 1998

A book about women who served in the Military during WWII.
Bitter Fruit: African American women in World War II by Maureen Honey (Editor)
Call Number: **ebook**

ISBN: 9780826260796

Publication Date: 1999
Double Victory: How African American Women Broke Race and Gender Barriers to Help Win World War II by Cheryl Mullenbach
Call Number: **ebook**

ISBN: 9781613745335

Publication Date: 2013
Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II by Liza Mundy
Call Number: 940.54 M965c

ISBN: 9780316352536

Publication Date: 2017
Victory Girls, Khaki-Wackies, and Patriotutes by Marilyn E. Hegarty
Call Number: **ebook**

ISBN: 0814737390

Publication Date: 2010

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