Pushing the Limits: American Women 1940-1961 (Young Oxford History of Women in the United States)
By Elaine Tyler May.
Description
Americans living in the mid-20th century saw momentous change. A decade of severe economic depression in the 1930s was followed by the largest-scale war the world had ever seen. The Allies' victory in World War II brought formal peace and new prosperity but also the beginning of a tense and long-lasting cold war between the United States and the Soviet Union. Women's lives in the United States reflected and helped to shape these world changes. The importance of their contributions became obvious during the war, when production demands drew women into manufacturing jobs and broadca...
ISBN(s)
019508084X, 9780195080841
