WOMEN OF THE HOMEFRONT: World War II Recollections of 55 Americans - Softcover

"these women explain how they lived their lives during the war...for some women, the war meant exciting new opportunities, but for other women the war seemed only a painful interlude to be endured"--Stone & Stone Second World War Books; "you may pick it up again and again, because it is that kind of book--The Hollywood Star.

Lois A. Ferguson was a teacher at a Japanese-American relocation center in California during World War II; she and her husband endured treacherous dust storms and poor living quarters to provide education to their young Japanese charges. Kay Watson's husband fought in Europe while Kay worked on a secret government effort known as the Manhattan Project. Pauline Parker, who also endured the war, has gathered the personal stories of such women as marines and government workers as well as single mothers whose husbands had gone off to fight.