David Clayton Smith

This biography focuses on the literary figure's enormously active public career and his intellectual and creative achievements, reveals how this classic womanizer remained consistently attractive to feminists, and examines his relationship with pivotal fi

Desperately Mortal : a Biography

H.G. Wells

Judy Barrett Litoff

Drawing upon 30,000 wartime letters, the editors provide an immediate sense of the lives of women in every branch of the armed services during World War II. The first comprehensive account of its kind, this book fills in important pages of history with the words of the women themselves. 25 black-and-white photos.

World War II Letters from American Women in Uniform

We're in this War Too

A collection of readings that demonstrate the active part that women have played in the construction of peace after World War II. It includes letters, conference addresses, transcripts, essays and newspaper articles by American women including Eleanor Roosevelt and Emily Hickman.

American Women Plan for Peace

What Kind of World Do We Want?

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. Litoff and Smith combine pieces by well-known writers, such as Margaret Culkin Banning and Nancy Wilson Ross, with important-but largely forgotten-personal accounts by ordinary women living in extraordinary times. This volume is divided into the six sections listed below: Preparing for War In the Military At 'Far-Flung' Fronts On the Home Front War Jobs Preparing for the Postwar World

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