Fleeing the Depression: Finding Refuge in World War II
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- Synopsis
- Fleeing the Depression: Finding Refuge in World War II chronicles the adventures of a small town girl defying 2Oth century rules to become a strong, independent woman. Growing up, Penelope heard the older women’s euphemisms about sex and mating. Never satisfied with empty explanations, she read her physician father’s anatomy books to learn the truth about female bodies. Later, as a dietetic intern at one of the Army’s biggest hospitals, she learned the language of combat soldiers and the horrors of war. Penelope’s curiosity, sense of humor, and fearlessness emboldened her as she traveled a man’s world and, through her actions and ways, helped pioneer the contours that define modern-day feminism.Through [Easton'] stories that foretold her future, we find a likable girl who survived and thrived in a world that was not always kind to her... Any women can identify with the stories that did not always provide the respect that women deserved in the 20th Century. -- Deborah Tippett, Ph.D. Professor, Human Environmental Sciences, Meredith College, Raleigh, NC
- Copyright:
- 2017
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- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9781940773131
- Publisher:
- HPC Global
- Date of Addition:
- 08/16/17
- Copyrighted By:
- Penelope S. Easton
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Social Studies, Medicine
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- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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