Our war too : American women against the Axis / Margaret Paton-Walsh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Paton-Walsh, Margaret, 1965- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

World War, 1939-1945.

Women--United States--History--20th century.

Women.

World War, 1939-1945--United States.

Isolationism--United States--History--20th century.

Isolationism.

Intervention (International law).

United States.

Genre:

History

Physical Description:

1 online resource (238 pages)

Place of Publication:

Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, [2002]

System Details:

Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212

Summary:

"In the late 1930s, a number of American women - especially those allied with various peace and isolationist groups - protested against the nation's entry into World War II. While their story is fairly well known, Margaret Paton-Walsh reveals a far less familiar story of women who fervently felt that American intervention was absolutely necessary." "Paton-Walsh recounts how the United States became involved in the war, but does so through the eyes of American women who faced it as a necessary evil. Covering the period between 1935 and 1941, she examines how these women functioned as political actors - even though they were excluded from positions of power - through activism in women's organizations, informal women's networks, and even male-dominated lobbying groups."--Jacket.

Contents:

"Does America deserve a miracle?"

Imagining neutrality

Rethinking neutrality

Blitzkrieg

Fifty ships and a third term

The arsenal of democracy

The battle of production

"Brave women and fair men."

Notes:

Based on the author's thesis: "Brave women and fair men" : women advocates of U.S. intervention in World War II, 1939-1941 (Ph. D.--University of Washington, 1996).

Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-226) and index.

Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified]: HathiTrust Digital Library. 2024.

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Other Format:

Print version: Paton-Walsh, Margaret, 1965- Our war too

ISBN:

9780700641703

070064170X

9780700641710

0700641718

OCLC:

1418831045

Publisher Number:

heb40586 hdl

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