"The author provides information on the role of women in World War II, covering such topics as their jobs, their 'new' status, and their image in the eyes of their fellow citizens." Booklist.

Part 1. Be a nurse and see the world. Military nurses in battle ; Calling all nightingales -- Part 2. The military woman. Duty calls : women enter the military ; You're in the army now : life in the camps ; What GI Jane learned ; The problems she faced ; The skeptics convert -- Part 3. The new industrial woman. Recruitment of a new labor force ; Rosie the riveter rallies to new jobs ; Women's problem are production's problems ; Balancing act : managing job and home ; From blue collar to pink : women and industry change each other -- Part 4. The home front. The normal housewife in abnormal times ; Volunteers and more ; Wartime wedding ; The waiting wife ; "The war departments regrets ..." -- Part 5. Afterward.