Letters exchanged between an American officer and his wife during World War II

Product Description: This fascinating book tells the remarkable story of an ordinary American woman's heroism in the French Resistance. Virginia Roush fell in love with Philippe d'Albert-Lake during a visit to France in 1936; they married soon after. In 1943, they both joined the Resistance, where Virginia put her life in jeopardy as she sheltered downed airmen and later survived a Nazi prison camp...read more

The collected letters of a veteran of both the Spanish Civil War and World War II reveals the passion and dedication of New York Jew who fought to liberate the world from facism.

Experiences of uniformed women in every branch of the service during World War II include eyewitness accounts of battles and recollection of caring for the wounded (view table of contents)

Product Description: Even before the United States officially entered World War II, American women began to map out a far-reaching agenda for the postwar world. This new book by Judy Barrett Litoff and David C. Smith is a collection of primary documents that demonstrate the active part women played in the construction of 'peace ...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: David, Betsy, and Sammy Berman were nine, six, and four years old in May 1943 when the U.S. Army sent their father, Dr. Reuben Berman, to Europe. Over the next two and a half years, the children regularly gathered around their mother, Isabel Berman, in their Minneapolis home while she typed exactly what they wanted to say to their father...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This title brings together twenty-five writings by women who share their rich and varied World War II experiences, from serving in the military to working on the home front to preparing for the postwar world. By providing evidence of their active and resourceful roles in the war effort as workers, wives, and mothers, these women offer eloquent testimony that World War II was indeed everybody's war...read more

Product Description: "Last night Mel and I were talking about some of the adjustments we'll have to make to our husbands' return. I must admit I'm not exactly the same girl you left-I'm twice as independent as I used to be and to top it off, I sometimes think I've become 'hard as nails'...read more

Product Description: While European immigrant women in the U.S. as a group have received more academic attention than women from other regions of the world, & more than native women of N. America, there has still been a tendency to deemphasize, & even ignore, their contributions to this country...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

A well-documented account of the decline of midwifery in America and the rise of obstetric specialization calls attention to recent interest in the concept of nurse-midwifery