We are a college at war : women working for victory in World War II / Mary Weaks-Baxter, Christine Bruun, and Catherine Forslund.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Weaks-Baxter, Mary
Other Authors: Bruun, Christine, 1943-
Forslund, Catherine, 1955-
Language:English
Published: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2010], ©2010.
Subjects:
Rockford College > History > 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 > War work > Schools.
World War, 1939-1945 > Women > Illinois.
Women college students > Illinois > History > 20th century.
Cheek, Mary Ashby.
Addams, Jane, > 1860-1935.
Physical Description:xvi, 237 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction: The Jane Addams legacy
  • War looms
  • A crisis of opportunity
  • Rescue stories
  • Home-front activism
  • Women wanted
  • Romances of war
  • Twentieth-century feminism and new roles for women.