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Huntsberger, Karen Berkey

 
9781944733711: I'll Be Seeing You: Letters Home from a Navy Girl
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 194473371X ISBN 13 : 9781944733711
Editeur : Luminare Press, LLC, 2018

Synopsis

In vivid and captivating letters home, a young woman constrained by societal expectations chronicles her journey into the Navy Women’s Reserves (WAVES)—and her role in a transformational movement for women.

As men left for military service during WWII, an urgent labor shortage drove women to step into roles formerly filled by men. Recruiting posters urged women to do their part. Driven by a desire to serve, artist Lucy Berkey sought an escape from her demanding teaching job. In August 1943, she enlisted in the Navy WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service). After boot camp at Hunter College in New York City, she served for the duration of the war as a Hydrographic Office map artist in Washington, D.C. Lucy’s letters detail her training, work, travel, and the camaraderie that developed among her fellow WAVES. Over 80 period photos, footnotes, and editor’s notes bring her experiences to life.

Readers who enjoyed Valiant Women by Lena Andrews and Our Mother’s War by Emily Yellin will find I’ll Be Seeing You hard to put down.

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À propos de l'auteur

Karen Berkey Huntsberger grew up in Indiana, annoying her family with endless questions. That need to know persisted into adulthood, and she would spend all her time on research if she could. She lives with her husband in Oregon wine country. The daughter of a World War II veteran, she is also the author of Waiting for Peace: The Journals & Correspondence of a World War II Medic and I'll Be Seeing You: Letters Home from a Navy Girl.karenberkeyhuntsberger.com

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Éditeur
Luminare Press, LLC
Date d'édition
2018
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
194473371X
ISBN 13 
9781944733711
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
268
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