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Good girls, good food, good fun : the story of USO hostesses during World War II Meghan K. Winchell
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks D 810 .E8 W56 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Winchell, Meghan K.
- Series:
- Gender & American culture
- Gender and American culture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United Service Organizations (U.S.).
- Soldiers--Recreation--United States--History.
- Soldiers.
- World War, 1939-1945--War work--United States.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Women--United States.
- Women--United States--Social conditions--20th century.
- Women.
- Physical Description:
- 255 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2008.
- Contents:
- To make the boys feel at home : senior hostesses and gendered citizenship
- The loveliest girls in the nation
- Wartime socializing
- Nice girls didn't, period : junior hostesses and sexual service
- Courtship and competition in the USO dance hall.
- Notes:
- "A Caravan book"--T.p. verso.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-238) and index.
- Local Notes:
- HSP credit line: World War II Collection, USO series.
- ISBN:
- 9780807832370 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0807832375 (cloth : alk. paper)
- OCLC:
- 221141630
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