Search Results: Returned 15 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 15
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[2016], Primary, Charlesbridge Call No: E HAG Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Helen wants to contribute to the war effort after the United States goes to war in 1917--so she joins the Women's Land Army of America, an organization that trains women to do farm work, replacing the workers drafted into the army.
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[2016], Primary, Charlesbridge Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Helen wants to contribute to the war effort after the United States goes to war in 1917--so she joins the Women's Land Army of America, an organization that trains women to do farm work, replacing the workers drafted into the army.
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2021., Juvenile, Calkins Creek/Boyds Mills & Kane Call No: B Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "When 25-year-old Grace Banker opened her mail from the Signal Corps, she couldn't believe her eyes. Not only did she get the call to serve overseas with the 1st Unit of World War I telephone operators, she was named their chief operator. Under Grace's leadership, the female operators, known as "Hello Girls" back in the States, endured bombings, explosions, fires, and freezing weather as they translated commands and transferred secret codes with lightning speed from battlefield headquarters. Their grit and courage helped win the war and earned Grace the Army's Distinguished Service Medal"--Jacket flap.
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2019., Adolescent, Viking Call No: HISTORICAL FICTION Availability:3 of 3 At Location(s) Summary Note: "The Greek goddess Aphrodite recounts two tales of tragic love during WWI to her husband, Hephaestus, and her lover, Ares, in a luxe Manhattan hotel room at the height of World War II. She seeks to answer the age-old question: 'Why are Love and War eternally drawn to one another?' but her quest for a conclusion that will satisfy her jealous husband uncovers a multi-threaded tale of prejudice, trauma, and music revealing that War is no match for the power of Love"--OCLC.
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2019., Adolescent, Viking Call No: HISTORICAL FIC BER Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "The Greek goddess Aphrodite recounts two tales of tragic love during WWI to her husband, Hephaestus, and her lover, Ares, in a luxe Manhattan hotel room at the height of World War II. She seeks to answer the age-old question: 'Why are Love and War eternally drawn to one another?' but her quest for a conclusion that will satisfy her jealous husband uncovers a multi-threaded tale of prejudice, trauma, and music revealing that War is no match for the power of Love"--OCLC.
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Ã2016., Sourcebooks Call No: WOMEN'S STUDIES NF MOO Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Explores the story of radium poisoning to young American women during WWI from the paint used on watch dials, and the ensuing legal consequences that occured as a result of these work health hazards.
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By Moore, Kate[2018]., Sourcebooks Call No: HI-INT 363.1 MOO Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: As World War I raged across the globe, hundreds of young women toiled away at the radium-dial factories, where they painted clock faces with a mysterious new substance called radium. Assured by their bosses that the luminous material was safe, the women themselves shone brightly in the dark, covered from head to toe with the glowing dust. With such a coveted job, these "shining girls" were considered the luckiest alive--until they began to fall mysteriously ill. As the fatal poison of the radium took hold, they found themselves embroiled in one of America's biggest scandals and a groundbreaking battle for workers' rights. The Radium Girls explores the strength of extraordinary women in the face of almost impossible circumstances and the astonishing legacy they left behind.
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By Moore, Kate[2020]., Juvenile, Sourcebooks eXplore Call No: 363.1 MOO Edition: Young readers' edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Now adapted for young readers! The incredible true story of the young women exposed to the "wonder drug" radium and their struggle for justice"--
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2003, c2001, Juvenile, Scholastic Call No: Fic Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Dear AmericaSummary Note: A diary account of thirteen-year-old Kathleen Bowen's life in Washington, D.C. in 1917, as she juggles concerns about the national battle for women's suffrage, the war in Europe, and her own school work and family. Includes a historical note.
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[2002], c2001., Pre-adolescent, Scholastic Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Dear AmericaSummary Note: A diary account of thirteen-year-old Kathleen Bowen's life in Washington, D.C. in 1917, as she juggles concerns about the national battle for women's suffrage, the war in Europe, and her own school work and family. Includes a historical note.
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-- Code breaker Elizebeth Smith Friedman and her hidden life[2021]., Adolescent, Random House Studio Call No: BIOGRAPHY NF GRE Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Biography of Elizebeth Smith Friedman, an American woman who pioneered codebreaking in WWI and WWII but was only recently recognized for her extraordinary contributions to the field"--Provided by publisher.
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-- Code breaker Elizebeth Smith Friedman and her hidden life[2021]., Adolescent, Random House Studio Call No: WOMEN'S STUDIES NF GRE Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Biography of Elizebeth Smith Friedman, an American woman who pioneered codebreaking in WWI and WWII but was only recently recognized for her extraordinary contributions to the field"--Provided by publisher.
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-- Women at war, 1900-1920c2011., Chelsea House Call No: 305.40973 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: A cultural history of women in AmericaSummary Note: Discusses the role women had from 1900-1920 and how suffrage became an issue.
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-- Women heroes of World War One[2014]., Chicago Review Press Call No: WAR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Contains sixteen accounts of women who performed heroic feats in World War I as members of resisters and spies, medical personnel, soldiers, and journalists.