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Author Mullenbach, Cheryl.

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

Edition First edition.
Publication Info. Chicago : Chicago Review Press, [2013]
©2013
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1550336~S1
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 Nichols Adult Nonfiction  940.53082 MUL    AVAILABLE
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Description 266 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Summary An account of the lesser-known contributions of African-American women during World War II reveals how they helped lay the foundations for the Civil Rights Movement by challenging racial and gender barriers at home and abroad.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-253) and index.
Contents War workers: "Negroes cannot be accepted" -- Political activists: "I am not a party girl, I want to build a movement" -- In the military: "will all the colored girls move over on this side" -- Volunteers: "back the attack" -- Entertainers: "we don't take your kind".
Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- African Americans.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Women.
African American women -- History -- 20th century.
African American women -- Employment -- History -- 20th century.
United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
African American women -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century.
African Americans -- Employment.
African Americans -- Civil rights.
Women -- History -- 20th century.
African Americans -- Employment -- History -- 20th century.
Women -- Employment -- History -- 20th century.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century.
ISBN 9781569768082 (hardcover)
1569768080 (hardcover)
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