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Slacks and calluses : our summer in a bomber factory Cover Image Book Book

Slacks and calluses : our summer in a bomber factory / Constance Bowman Reid, Clara Marie Allen, Sandra M. Gilbert.

Reid, Constance Bowman. (Author). Allen, Clara Marie. (Added Author). Gilbert, Sandra M. (Added Author).

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  • ISBN: 156098368X
  • ISBN: 9781560983682
  • Physical Description: 200 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm 181 pages
  • Edition: Smithsonian Institution Press edition.
  • Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : Smithsonian Books, 2004.

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Slacks and Calluses : Our Summer in a Bomber Factory
Slacks and Calluses : Our Summer in a Bomber Factory
by Bowman, Constance; Allen, Clara Marie (Illustrator)
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Slacks and Calluses : Our Summer in a Bomber Factory


nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;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.nbsp; nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;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.
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