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Bomb girls : trading aprons for ammo / Barbara Dickson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dickson, Barbara, 1961- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1939-1945--Women--Canada.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--War work--Canada.
- Women in war--Canada--History--20th century.
- Women in war.
- Weapons industry--Canada--History--20th century.
- Weapons industry.
- Genre:
- Libros electronicos.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (289 p.)
- Distribution:
- Ottawa, Ontario : Canadian Electronic Library, 2015.
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto [Ontario] : Dundurn Press, [2015]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "Bomb Girls delivers a dramatic, personal, and detailed review of Canada's largest fuse-filling munitions factory, situated in Scarborough, Ontario. First-hand accounts, technical records, photographic evidence, business documentation, and site maps all come together to offer a rare, complete account into the lives of over twenty-one thousand brave men and women who risked their lives daily while handling high explosives in a dedicated effort to help win the war."--Publisher's website.
- Contents:
- 1 In the Beginning
- 2 A Frozen Field of Dreams
- 3 A Mini City Tucked Behind an Eight-Foot Barbed-Wire Fence
- 4 Ramping Up
- 5 If You Can Walk, Talk, Creep, or Crawl - Apply Here!
- 6 A Day in the Life of a Bomb Girl
- 7 It All Depends on Me
- 8 Safety First Because Safety Lasts
- 9 Whistle While You Work: Industrial Relations and Personnel
- 10 Service with a Smile: Departments Serving Employees
- 11 Rolling Up Their Sleeves: Departments Contributing to Munitions Production
- 12 Nothing Less Will Do - Employee Morale
- 13 Disasters at the Plant
- 14 When Victory Trumpets Sound the Call
- 15 If You Build It, Scarborough Will Come
- Appendix A: Layout of GECO: An Engineer's Sketch of GECO
- Appendix B: GECO Management Chart
- Appendix C: Typical Workshop Layout: Fuse 251, Shop 67C.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781459731189
- 1459731182
- 9781459731172
- 1459731174
- OCLC:
- 940512883
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