The Incredible Women of World War II

I like reading children's books, for various reasons.

First, I'm always interested to see what's being "taught" in these books. No, I'm not on the lookout for books in fear that I'll find some that show same-sex families in a positive light...more power to such books! ...I'm into different important lessons, such as - is self-confidence taught? Self-reliance? Being your own woman (or guy) and not bowing to the whims of others? Girls not being passive, not being vicious either...

However, I read more non-fiction than fiction, and I've recently been on a jag reading about the WASP and women astronauts...it does seem that most women astronauts or pilors etc. will get a children's book written about them, but no larger studies written for adults...

The Incredible Women of World War II, by Karen Zeinert, 1994, details women as WASP and other pilots, as nurses and doctors, as war correspondents, and working on the home front.

Of course once the war was over, everything changed, and many women in the home front lost their jobs, because they "had" to be given to the returning soldiers. (Andin one way, of course, you can't blame them - men who spent years laying down their lives for the service of their country deserve to have jobs to come back to... but women also risked their lives during that war (for example the WASP) and deserved better than they got as well.

But it's all part of the story of the march of women toward equality...