American Women in a World at War

Judy Barrett Litoff is professor of history at Bryant College. David C. Smith is Bird and Bird Professor of History Emeritus at the University of Maine.

• Chapter 1 IntroductionPart 2 I Preparing for WarChapter 3 Women for DefenseChapter 4 Women in the WarChapter 5 The Negro Woman in National DefensePart 6 II In the MilitaryChapter 7 Yes, Ma'am!: The Personal Papers of a WAAC PrivateChapter 8 The WAVES: The Story of the Girls in BlueChapter 9 Three Years Behind the MastChapter 10 Shakedown CruisePart 11 III At "Far-Flung" FrontsChapter 12 Navy NurseChapter 13 I Served on BataanChapter 14 G.I. NightingaleChapter 15 Home Away from HomeChapter 16 I Knew Your SoldierChapter 17 Shooting the Russian WarPart 18 IV On the Home FrontChapter 19 Camp FollowerChapter 20 If Your Baby Must Travel in WartimeChapter 21 So Your Husband's Gone to War!Chapter 22 The Negro Woman Serves AmericaPart 23 War JobsChapter 24 Arms and the GirlChapter 25 Negro Women War WorkersChapter 26 Shipyard Diary of a Woman WelderChapter 27 Women and Farm WorkPart 28 VI Preparing for the Postwar WorldChapter 29 Out of the Kitchen—Into the WarChapter 30 Women Workers in Transition from War to PeaceChapter 31 Women's Responsibility in World AffairsChapter 32 Our Stake in Tomorrow's WorldChapter 33 Suggested Readings

American Women in a World at War provides abundant materials (many of which have been out of print) on gender, class and race during World War II.