A Contextual History of Women in Cartography During WWII : Millie the Mapper.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tyner, Judith A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Frieswyk, Marion A., 1920-2024.

McPherson, Bea, 1920-.

Women cartographers.

Cartography.

Local Subjects:

Frieswyk, Marion A., 1920-2024.

McPherson, Bea, 1920-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (183 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Bloomsbury Academic & Professional, 2026.

Summary:

Judith Tyner examines the essential role of women in cartography during WWII.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title

Copyright

Contents

Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction

The Challenge

Toward a History of Women in Cartography and Geography

1 Maps as Geographic Knowledge

What is a Map?

What is Geographic Knowledge?

The Production of Geographic Knowledge

The "Map" as Geographic Knowledge

The Production of Maps

Moving Forward: Geography at the Dawn of World War II

2 America's Cartographic Arsenal

World War II and Mass Mobilization

America Prepares to Map the War

The Need for Military Maps

Conclusions

3 Millie Maps the War

Mobilizing Map Production

Military Map Production in the US

The Army Map Service and Kent State University

The Office of Strategic Services

4 Women and Postwar Cartography

On America's Wartime Geographic Training

Women in American Geography during the Interwar Years

The Dawn of Modern Cartography

Epilogue

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

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Other Format:

Print version: Tyner, Judith A. A Contextual History of Women in Cartography During WWII

ISBN:

9798216269649

9781978760257

OCLC:

1594001725