Double victory : how African American women broke race and gender barriers to help win World War II / Cheryl Mullenbach.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mullenbach, Cheryl.

Series:

Women of Action

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--African Americans.

World War, 1939-1945.

World War, 1939-1945--Women--United States.

African American women--History--20th century.

African American women.

African American women--Employment--History--20th century.

African American women--Civil rights--History--20th century.

African Americans--Employment.

African Americans.

African Americans--Civil rights.

United States--Race relations--History--20th century.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (274 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : Chicago Review Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Allow all black nurses to enlist, and the draft won't be necessary. . . . If nurses are needed so desperately, why isn't the Army using colored nurses?" "My arm gets a little sore slinging a shovel or a pick, but then I forget about it when I think about all those boys over in the Solomons." Double Victory tells the stories of African American women who did extraordinary things to help their country during World War II. In these pages young readers meet a range of remarkable women: war workers, political activists, military women, volunteers, and entertainers. Some, such as Mary McLeod Bethune and Lena Horne, were celebrated in their lifetimes and are well known today. But many others fought discrimination at home and abroad in order to contribute to the war effort yet were overlooked during those years and forgotten by later generations. Double Victory recovers the stories of these courageous women, such as Hazel Dixon Payne, the only woman to serve on the remote Alaska-Canadian Highway; Deverne Calloway, a Red Cross worker who led a protest at an army base in India; and Betty Murphy Phillips, the only black female overseas war correspondent. Offering a new and diverse perspective on the war and including source notes and a bibliography, Double Victory is an invaluable addition to any student's or history buff's bookshelf.

Contents:

Cover ; Copyright; Dedication; Table of Contents ; Introduction; 1 - War Workers:"Negroes Cannot Be Accepted" ; 2 - Political Activists: "I Am Not a Party Girl, I Want to Build a Movement" ; 3 - In the Military: "Will All the Colored Girls Move Over on This Side" ; 4 - Volunteers: "Back the Attack" ; 5 - Entertainers: "We Don't Take Your Kind" ; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Back Cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-61374-533-8

OCLC:

824455628