cover image Rosie the Riveter: Women Working on the Home Front in World War II

Rosie the Riveter: Women Working on the Home Front in World War II

Penny Colman. Crown Publishers, $10.99 (120pp) ISBN 978-0-517-88567-3

This WWII history of the over 18 million women serving in the labor force includes first-hand accounts, propaganda posters and numerous period photographs. ""The author explain[s] the events surrounding the war and the economic conditions that temporarily produced a female-dominated work force,"" said PW. Ages 10-up. (Feb.)r