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Double Victory: How African American Women Broke Race and Gender Barriers to Help Win World War II (Women of Action)

Cheryl Mullenbach

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Description:Winner of: American Library Association 2014 Amelia Bloomer Top Ten List“This is an excellent title for expanding students’ view of the Civil Rights Movement.”—School Library Journal“A valuable asset.” —Kirkus Reviews“Allow all black nurses to enlist, and the draft won’t be necessary. . . . If nurses are needed so desperately, why isn’t the Army using colored nurses?”“My arm gets a little sore slinging a shovel or a pick, but then I forget about it when I think about all those boys over in the Solomons.”Double Victory tells the stories of African American women who did extraordinary things to help their country during World War II. In these pages young readers meet a range of remarkable women: war workers, political activists, military women, volunteers, and entertainers. Some, such as Mary McLeod Bethune and Lena Horne, were celebrated in their lifetimes and are well known today. But many others fought discrimination at home and abroad in order to contribute to the war effort yet were overlooked during those years and forgotten by later generations. Double Victory recovers the stories of these courageous women, such as Hazel Dixon Payne, the only woman to serve on the remote Alaska-Canadian Highway; Deverne Calloway, a Red Cross worker who led a protest at an army base in India; and Betty Murphy Phillips, the only black female overseas war correspondent. Offering a new and diverse perspective on the war and including source notes and a bibliography, Double Victory is an invaluable addition to any student’s or history buff’s bookshelf. We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Double Victory: How African American Women Broke Race and Gender Barriers to Help Win World War II (Women of Action). To get started finding Double Victory: How African American Women Broke Race and Gender Barriers to Help Win World War II (Women of Action), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Winner of: American Library Association 2014 Amelia Bloomer Top Ten List“This is an excellent title for expanding students’ view of the Civil Rights Movement.”—School Library Journal“A valuable asset.” —Kirkus Reviews“Allow all black nurses to enlist, and the draft won’t be necessary. . . . If nurses are needed so desperately, why isn’t the Army using colored nurses?”“My arm gets a little sore slinging a shovel or a pick, but then I forget about it when I think about all those boys over in the Solomons.”Double Victory tells the stories of African American women who did extraordinary things to help their country during World War II. In these pages young readers meet a range of remarkable women: war workers, political activists, military women, volunteers, and entertainers. Some, such as Mary McLeod Bethune and Lena Horne, were celebrated in their lifetimes and are well known today. But many others fought discrimination at home and abroad in order to contribute to the war effort yet were overlooked during those years and forgotten by later generations. Double Victory recovers the stories of these courageous women, such as Hazel Dixon Payne, the only woman to serve on the remote Alaska-Canadian Highway; Deverne Calloway, a Red Cross worker who led a protest at an army base in India; and Betty Murphy Phillips, the only black female overseas war correspondent. Offering a new and diverse perspective on the war and including source notes and a bibliography, Double Victory is an invaluable addition to any student’s or history buff’s bookshelf. We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Double Victory: How African American Women Broke Race and Gender Barriers to Help Win World War II (Women of Action). To get started finding Double Victory: How African American Women Broke Race and Gender Barriers to Help Win World War II (Women of Action), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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