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Bomb Girls

Jacky Hyams
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      They were the unsung heroines of World War II; the wives and mothers and teenage girls who clocked in daily to work in vast munitions factories, helping to make explosives, bullets, shells, bombs and war machines that would ensure victory. It was dangerous, dirty and exhausting work. They worked round the clock, often exposed to toxic, lethal chemicals. A factory accident could mean blindness, loss of limb - or worse. Many went home with acid burns, yellow skin or damaged hair, others were forced to leave their loved ones and move to live with strangers in unfamiliar surroundings. Frequently, their male bosses were coarse and unsympathetic. Yet this hidden army of nearly two million women toiled on regardless through the hardest years of the war, cheerfully ignoring the dangers and the exhaustion, as bombing, rationing and the heartbreak of loss or separation took their toll on everyone in the country. Here, in their own words, are the vivid wartime memories of the 'secret army' of female munitions workers, whose resilience and sheer grit in the face of danger has only started to emerge.
      Format: Paperback / softback CONTRIBUTORS: Jacky Hyams EAN: 9781782197546 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 257 g HEIGHT: 198 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: John Blake Publishing Ltd DATE PUBLISHED: 2014-03-03 CITY: GENRE: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General WIDTH: 126 cm SPINE:

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      United Kingdom, Great Britain, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, c 1940 to c 1949, Biography: historical, political and military, European history, Modern warfare, Second World War

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      Jacky Hyams is a freelance journalist, editor, columnist, and author. She spent several years as a women s magazine editor on "Bella Magazine," followed by six years as a weekly columnist for the "London Evening Standard." She is the author of"Bombsites and Lollipops," "The Female Few," " "and"The Real Life ofDownton Abbey.""
      They were the unsung heroines of World War II; the wives and mothers and teenage girls who clocked in daily to work in vast munitions factories, helping to make explosives, bullets, shells, bombs and war machines that would ensure victory. It was dangerous, dirty and exhausting work. They worked round the clock, often exposed to toxic, lethal chemicals. A factory accident could mean blindness, loss of limb - or worse. Many went home with acid burns, yellow skin or damaged hair, others were forced to leave their loved ones and move to live with strangers in unfamiliar surroundings. Frequently, their male bosses were coarse and unsympathetic. Yet this hidden army of nearly two million women toiled on regardless through the hardest years of the war, cheerfully ignoring the dangers and the exhaustion, as bombing, rationing and the heartbreak of loss or separation took their toll on everyone in the country. Here, in their own words, are the vivid wartime memories of the 'secret army' of female munitions workers, whose resilience and sheer grit in the face of danger has only started to emerge.
      Format: Paperback / softback CONTRIBUTORS: Jacky Hyams EAN: 9781782197546 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 257 g HEIGHT: 198 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: John Blake Publishing Ltd DATE PUBLISHED: 2014-03-03 CITY: GENRE: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General WIDTH: 126 cm SPINE:

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      United Kingdom, Great Britain, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, c 1940 to c 1949, Biography: historical, political and military, European history, Modern warfare, Second World War

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      Jacky Hyams is a freelance journalist, editor, columnist, and author. She spent several years as a women s magazine editor on "Bella Magazine," followed by six years as a weekly columnist for the "London Evening Standard." She is the author of"Bombsites and Lollipops," "The Female Few," " "and"The Real Life ofDownton Abbey.""

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