Slacks and Calluses: Our Summer in a Bomber Factory
Constance Bowman Reid
ISBN 10: 156098368X ISBN 13: 9781560983682
Editorial: Smithsonian Books, 2004
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Encuadernación de tapa blanda
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Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, Estados Unidos de America
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Descripción:
Very Good condition. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp. N° de ref. del artículo T13B-04132
Sinopsis:
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.
Acerca del autor: Constance Bowman Reid has written many highly acclaimed biographies of twentieth-century mathematicians. She lives in San Francisco, CA.
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Título: Slacks and Calluses: Our Summer in a Bomber ...
Editorial: Smithsonian Books
Año de publicación: 2004
Encuadernación: Encuadernación de tapa blanda
Ilustrador: Clara Marie Allen
Condición: Very Good