Making Waves: Navy Women of World War II

by Evan Bachner

In the spirit of his successful books At Ease and Men of WWII , Evan Bachner now focuses on the women of WWII. While traditionally female secretarial and clerical jobs took an expectedly large portion of recruits, thousands of WAVES (Women Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Service) performed previously atypical duties in the aviation community--such as Judge Advocate General corps--medical professions, communications, intelligence, science, and technology...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810995239
• ISBN13: 9780810995239
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 2.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 10.9" x 11.5"
• Age Range: 13 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary