LEADER 02878nam 2200649 a 450 001 9910963526703321 005 20230725051843.0 010 $a1-280-69761-X 010 $a9786613674579 010 $a0-8093-8591-0 035 $a(CKB)2550000000035131 035 $a(EBL)1354648 035 $a(OCoLC)856870460 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000526499 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11347334 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000526499 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10520723 035 $a(PQKB)11398730 035 $a(OCoLC)730519999 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse3497 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1354648 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10469368 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL367457 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1354648 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000035131 100 $a20091123d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWe are a college at war $ewomen working for victory in World War II /$fMary Weaks-Baxter, Christine Bruun, and Catherine Forslund 210 $aCarbondale [Ill.] $cSouthern Illinois University Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (260 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a0-8093-3462-3 311 08$a0-8093-2992-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction: The Jane Addams legacy -- War looms -- A crisis of opportunity -- Rescue stories -- Home-front activism -- Women wanted -- Romances of war -- Twentieth-century feminism and new roles for women. 330 $a We Are a College at War weaves together the World War II experiences of students and faculty at Rockford College in Rockford, Illinois, to provide readers with a better understanding of the role American women and college students played during this defining period in U.S. history. Drawing on the Rockford community's letters, speeches, and campus newspaper archives, the authors demonstrate how women claimed the right to be everywhere-in factories and other traditionally male workplaces, and even on the front lines-and link their efforts to the rise of feminism and the fight for women's rights 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xWar work$xSchools 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xWomen$zIllinois 606 $aWomen college students$zIllinois$xHistory$y20th century 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xWar work$xSchools. 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xWomen 615 0$aWomen college students$xHistory 676 $a940.53/77331082 700 $aWeaks-Baxter$b Mary$01828830 701 $aBruun$b Christine$f1943-$01828831 701 $aForslund$b Catherine$f1955-$01828832 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910963526703321 996 $aWe are a college at war$94397822 997 $aUNINA