Jennifer Chiaverini
Author
Series
Elm Creek Quilts volume 22
Publisher
William Morrow & Company
Pub. Date
20240430
Language
English
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
E"arly in the Great War, men left Britain's factories in droves to enlist. Struggling to keep up production, arsenals hired women to build the weapons the military urgently needed. "Be the Girl Behind the Man Behind the Gun," the recruitment posters beckoned. Thousands of women-cooks, maids, shopgirls, and housewives-answered their nation's call. These "munitionettes" worked grueling shifts often seven days a week, handling TNT and other explosives...
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