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Constance Bowman Slacks and Calluses (Paperback)
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- Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
- Publication Name
- Slacks and Calluses
- Title
- Slacks and Calluses
- Subtitle
- Our Summer in a Bomber Factory
- Illustrator
- Clara Marie Allen
- Contributor
- Clara Marie Allen (Illustrated by)
- ISBN-10
- 156098368X
- EAN
- 9781560983682
- ISBN
- 9781560983682
- Release Date
- 10/17/2004
- Release Year
- 2004
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Book Title
- Slacks and Calluses : Our Summer in a Bomber Factory
- Item Length
- 7.5in
- Publisher
- Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press
- Publication Year
- 2004
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.4in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, History, Social Science
- Topic
- Women, Military / World War II, Personal Memoirs, Military / General, Social History, Women's Studies
- Item Width
- 5.5in
- Item Weight
- 7.6 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 200 Pages
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Product Information
In 1943 two spirited young teachers decided to do their part for the war effort by spending their summer vacation working the swing shift on a B-24 production line at a San Diego bomber plant. Entering a male-dominated realm of welding torches and bomb bays, they learned to use tools that they had never seen before, live with aluminum shavings in their hair, and get along with supervisors and coworkers from all walks of life. They also learned that wearing their factory slacks on the street caused men to treat them in a way for which their "dignified schoolteacher-hood" hadn't prepared them. At times charming, hilarious, and incredibly perceptive, Slacks and Calluses brings into focus an overlooked part of the war effort, one that forever changed the way the women were viewed in America.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press
ISBN-10
156098368x
ISBN-13
9781560983682
eBay Product ID (ePID)
23038389039
Product Key Features
Book Title
Slacks and Calluses : Our Summer in a Bomber Factory
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Women, Military / World War II, Personal Memoirs, Military / General, Social History, Women's Studies
Publication Year
2004
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History, Social Science
Number of Pages
200 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
7.5in
Item Height
0.4in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
7.6 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Tl724.R45 1999
Reviews
"[A] rare contemporaneous account. . . . [Bowman and Allen] wandered into a mostly male world of wrenches and rivets, forever changing society's view of what women could and should do. . . .Wide-eyed and witty."- San Diego Union-Tribune "An enjoyable book, a smooth read, a vibrant reminder of a time of near-unanimous citizen support for American political strategies and goals. It harkens from an era when the myth of 'one America' still held sway. It is also a tale of two women negotiating gender, identity, autonomy and cross-class insights. Fifty-six years later, readers are fortunate the authors put pencil to paper each night upon their return home from the bomber factory. Theirs is a story worth hearing and remembering." -Professor Susan E. Cayleff, The Journal of San Diego History, "[A] rare contemporaneous account. . . . [Bowman and Allen] wandered into a mostly male world of wrenches and rivets, forever changing society's view of what women could and should do. . . .Wide-eyed and witty."- San Diego Union-Tribune "An enjoyable book, a smooth read, a vibrant reminder of a time of near-unanimous citizen support for American political strategies and goals. It harkens from an era when the myth of 'one America' still held sway. It is also a tale of two women negotiating gender, identity, autonomy and cross-class insights. Fifty-six years later, readers are fortunate the authors put pencil to paper each night upon their return home from the bomber factory. Theirs is a story worth hearing and remembering." - The Journal of San Diego History "Bowman and Allen's journal-like account offers valuable insights into the experiences of these two young, white women who engaged in decidedly unfeminine behavior, by the standards of 1943, on behalf of the war effort."- The Historian "Without being the least bit polemic, Bowman Reid teaches us about the war roles of men and women and how the changing costumes of women - from linen skirts to slacks - reflects socioeconomic change."- San Jose Mercury News From the Trade Paperback edition., "[A] rare contemporaneous account. . . . [Bowman and Allen] wandered into a mostly male world of wrenches and rivets, forever changing societyrs"s view of what women could and should do. . . .Wide-eyed and witty."-San Diego Union-Tribune, "[A] rare contemporaneous account. . . . [Bowman and Allen] wandered into a mostly male world of wrenches and rivets, forever changing society's view of what women could and should do. . . .Wide-eyed and witty."-- San Diego Union-Tribune "An enjoyable book, a smooth read, a vibrant reminder of a time of near-unanimous citizen support for American political strategies and goals. It harkens from an era when the myth of 'one America' still held sway. It is also a tale of two women negotiating gender, identity, autonomy and cross-class insights. Fifty-six years later, readers are fortunate the authors put pencil to paper each night upon their return home from the bomber factory. Theirs is a story worth hearing and remembering." -- The Journal of San Diego History "Bowman and Allen's journal-like account offers valuable insights into the experiences of these two young, white women who engaged in decidedly unfeminine behavior, by the standards of 1943, on behalf of the war effort."-- The Historian "Without being the least bit polemic, Bowman Reid teaches us about the war roles of men and women and how the changing costumes of women - from linen skirts to slacks - reflects socioeconomic change."-- San Jose Mercury News, "[A] rare contemporaneous account. . . . [Bowman and Allen] wandered into a mostly male world of wrenches and rivets, forever changing society's view of what women could and should do. . . .Wide-eyed and witty."- San Diego Union-Tribune
Illustrated by
Allen, Clara Marie
Copyright Date
1999
Lccn
99-031365
Dewey Decimal
940.53/73/0922
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
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