Rosie the Riveter: Women Working on the Home Front in World War II

Now in paperback--the award-winning account of how 18 million women, many of whom had never before held a job, entered the work force in 1942-45 to help the United States fight World War II. Their unprecedented participation would change the course of history for women, and America, forever. . An ALA Best Book for Young Adult. An ALA Notable Book. A Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Blue Ribbon Book. An IRA Teachers' Choice. A Junior Library Guild Selection. An NCTE Orbis Pictus Honor Award Winner for Outstanding Nonfiction . A New York Public Library Best Book for the Teenager. A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year