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Title: Our Mothers' War : American Women at Home and at the Front During World War II by Emily Yellin ISBN: 0-7432-4514-8 Publisher: Free Press Pub. Date: 11 May, 2004 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $26.00

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Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: Astonishing
Comment: This is a unique compilation of astonishing research and
personal history that takes the crust off our mothers' wartime persona. Even the high profile women of WWII - Dietrich, Lombard,
Davis, et al - are illuminated in thoroughly surprising ways. I read slowly and savored each page, and by the end I knew my mother and grandmothers and the human spirit, better. Kudos to Emily Yellin.

Rating: 5
Summary: They deserve more credit than they have gotten.
Comment: A great read!

This book is full of surprising, well-told stories of heroic, courageous, and fascinating women. Not just another history of the "supporting roles" of women during the war. This book goes far beyond the stock portrayals of WWII women to take you into their private thoughts and fears. There are pilots, war photographers, disc jockeys, spies, soldiers, members of congress -- so many women who stepped up and took part in the war, often in spite of great opposition. (And it doesn't shy away from telling about a few women who were not so noble during the war either.)

I had never seen the women of WWII placed in this light -- as equal partners in fighting and winning. This book will make you want to know more about your own mother, your aunts, and your grandmothers. (Hopefully you still have a chance to discuss this book with them!) It should be read by every son, daughter, grandson and granddaughter of the Greatest Generation.

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