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Rosie's Daughters

by Matilda Butler

Book Details

Publisher:Iaso Books
Published:2007
Pages:296
Format:BOOK
Language:en
ISBN:9780979306198

Reading Info

About This Book

Meet Rosie's Daughters in this collective memoir of American women born during World War II, precursors of the Baby Boom generation. Their stories will inform, entertain, and surprise you. In these in-depth interviews, they are declaring their place in history.

Our Review

This collective memoir captures the powerful voices of American women born during World War II, a generation often overlooked between the Greatest Generation and Baby Boomers. Through intimate interviews and personal narratives, these women share their experiences navigating a rapidly changing society while carrying the legacy of Rosie the Riveter's pioneering spirit. Their stories reveal how they balanced traditional expectations with emerging opportunities in education, careers, and personal lives during the transformative mid-twentieth century.

What makes this oral history compelling is how these women's individual journeys collectively document a pivotal moment in American feminism and social change. Readers interested in women's history, generational studies, and the evolution of gender roles will find these firsthand accounts particularly illuminating. The book successfully preserves the legacy of these trailblazers who quietly reshaped what was possible for women while honoring their mothers' wartime contributions.

Themes

Biography & Autobiography

Subjects

Biography & Autobiography