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245 00 $aSince you went away :$bWorld War II letters from American women on the home front /$cedited by Judy Barrett Litoff, David C. Smith.
260 $aNew York ;$aOxford :$bOxford University Press,$c1991.
300 $axii, 293 pages :$billustrations ;$c25 cm
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 285-287) and index.
505 0 $aDon't you know there's a war on? -- Courtship by mail -- War brides -- War wives -- Be with him at every mail call : a pictorial essay -- I took a war job -- For the duration -- The price of victory -- Why we fought -- Chronology of World War II events -- For further reading -- Index.
520 $aDrawn from a large archive of wartime correspondence, Since You Went Away collects hundreds of letters written by women of all backgrounds and ages from all over the United States: from Midwestern farms to the Hawaiian Islands, from young girls to anxious mothers. The letters are sometimes touching, sometimes anguished, and always packed with intimate glimpses of the World War II era. With men on the frontlines, women took to repairing cars, balancing budgets, and responding with imagination to all kinds of hardships and wartime shortages ("I stopped at the Piggly Wiggly but could not get fresh meat of any kind, so found that Spam fried in butter made a very tasty Easter dinner."). An entire section is devoted to courtship, so much of which took place through the mail, and another chapter concentrates on letters written by women about their experiences at work ("The more I see of war plants the more I believe that they're dragging this damn war out as long as possible on purpose...here it seems as tho' they have so much money they don't know what to do with it."). Nor does this collection spare the pain women felt upon learning about the loss of their husbands, lovers, or sons. A pictorial essay gives readers a further window into the war, displaying images, cartoons, and posters. One poster reads: "Be With Him at Every Mail Call," giving an idea of just how important letters were to the men and women of this time.
520 $aIn Since You Went Away we find letters by factory workers, farmers, and nurses, letters written to husbands, brothers, and even a series to General MacArthur. For each thematic section the editors include a brief introduction, and a capsule portrait of each woman and the man to whom she wrote accompanies the letters. These letters capture both the most intimate details in a woman's life, and the great transformations which society at large was undergoing.
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700 1 $aLitoff, Judy Barrett.
700 1 $aSmith, David C.$q(David Clayton),$d1929-2009.
776 08 $iOnline version:$tSince you went away.$dNew York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1991$w(OCoLC)551381227
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