Role of Women in World War II

Pathfinder for Natick High SchoolU.S. History Students

Introductory Source

• A good introductory source for this topic is:– Hanes, Richard C. and

Sharon M. (2005). American Home Front in World War II Almanac. Detroit: Thomson Gale. R940.53 HAN

Recommended Subject Headings

• SEARS Library Catalog– Broader terms: World War, 1939-1945 – Women– Narrower terms: World War, 1939-1945 – Women

– United States– Related terms: World War, 1939-1945 – War Work

Recommended Call Numbers

Recommended World War 1939-1945 940.53

Related topic United States 1901+ Administration of Franklin

Delano Roosevelt

973.917

Related topic Military history of World War II

940.54

Related topic Women/Employment 331.4/0973

• Browse in the following Dewey Decimal Call Numbers to find library resources on the topic:

Reference Sources• Another good introductory

source for this topic is:− Cooke, Tim, Gilbert, Adrian,

Hall, Tony, Jackson, Robert, McNab, Chris, Somerville, Donald, Stewart, Robert, & Westwell, Ian (Eds.) (2005). Women and the Allied War Effort. In History of World War II Volume 2 Global War (pp. 586-587) New York: Marshall Cavendish. R940.53 HIS V.2

Relevant Books

Journals and Periodicals

Carroll, Andrew (Sept. 2009) An Army Nurse Describes a Deadly Attach on a Hospital Ship (War Letters). World War II 24.3, 15(2).

Pope, Victoria (Spring 2009). Flight of the WASP: The Women Airforce Service Pilots Seemed Strange and Exotic to World War II America. In Fact, Not Even the Military Could Quite Figure Out What to Do With Them. American Heritage 59.1, 62(7).

Databases

− OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS: A one-stop source for information on today's hottest social issues. Drawing on acclaimed series published by Greenhaven Press and other Gale imprints, OVRC features viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text magazine, academic journal, and newspaper articles, primary source documents, statistics, images and podcasts, and links to Websites.

− INFOTRAC: Cross-searchable databases which include General Reference, Expanded Academic, Health Reference, Business Reference, Gale Virtual Library, Biography Resource Center, Contemporary Literary Criticism, Massachusetts History Online, Historic New York Times, Educator's Reference Center and Academic OneFile.

• The school has access to the following research databases:

Search for: women world war II to find relevant articles:

(2009, March 20). Celebrating Women’s History Month: Women in the Workplace. Time for Kids 14(20), 3.

Collins, Elizabeth M. (2009, March). Remembering the Women’s Army Corps. Soldiers Magazine 64.3, 4-9.

Search Engines

Government Documents• Use GPO Access to find Government docs.

Sharing the Burden [microform]: Women in Cryptology During World War II D 1.2:C 88/2

The Women’s Army Corps: A Commemoration of World War II Service. D 114.2:W 84

http://catalog.gpo.gov/F?RN=299732025

Statistics• Good sources for statistics on this topic are:

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Biographical Information• Margaret Bourke-White: trailblazing

photojournalist who covered the war from the front lines and accompanied US troops as they liberated concentration camps in 1945.–Women of the World: The Great Foreign

Correspondents 920 EDW–Margaret Bourke-White Photographer

92 Bourke-White C.2

Book Reviews

Source: Aviation History (Jan 2010) 20.3, 59. Title: Goodpaster, Amy Strebe. Flying for Her Country: The American and Soviet Women Military Pilots of World War II. Review Author: C.V. Glines.

Source: People Weekly (March 1, 2010) 73.8, 49. Title: Blake, Sarah. The Postmistress. Review Author: Michelle Green.

Places of Interest• Rosie the Riveter World War

II/Home Front National Historic Park, Richmond, CA http://www.rosietheriveter.org/• National WASP World War II

Museum, Sweetwater, TX http://waspmuseum.org/map/