A Mouthful of Rivets: Women at Work in World War II

by Nancy Baker Wise and Christy Wise

Book Overview

A Mouthful of Rivets is the oral history of the women who took part in World War II on the homefront. In more than one hundred interviews, Nancy Baker Wise and Christy Wise create a textured portrait... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1555427030
• ISBN13: 9781555427030
• Release Date: October 1994
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Length: 283 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

An interesting view into the women on the home front

The number of women who tell their stories in this book is fantastic, it allows for women who worked in all kinds of fields during the war to tell their stories. Though the title makes it sound like the women were all riveters or working in plane factories that is decidedly untrue. The book has stories of women who welded ships, women who worked at weather stations, and more. They all have something to add and provide a great understanding of what they went through during the war.