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We Are a College at War weaves together the World War II experiences of students and faculty at Rockford College in Rockford, Illinois, to provide readers with a better understanding of the role American women and college students played all through this defining period in U.S. history. Drawing on the Rockford community’s letters, speeches, and campus newspaper archives, the authors demonstrate how women claimed the right to be all over—in factories and other traditionally male workplaces, and even on the front lines—and link their efforts to the upward thrust of feminism and the fight for women’s rights in the 1960s and 1970s.
In analyzing how the war influenced women’s education, this fascinating study shows the then all-female student body of Rockford College concerned with the crises of the world and involved in volunteerism and political activities. The authors describe how college women supported the troops the use of the traditional feminine “culture of care” outdoor the home; highlight the women who themselves joined the armed products and services and provide an explanation for their reasons for choosing to enlist; and investigate how the war affected courtship and marriage. A central theme is the legacy of humanitarian Jane Addams, an 1881 Rockford alumna who established Hull-House in Chicago and won the 1931 Nobel Prize for Peace. The authors show how Addams’s example inspired Rockford’s students all through the dark days of a world war.
Faculty, team of workers, students, and alumnae of Rockford College participated in all aspects of the war and pushed this small midwestern college to grow to be a commanding catalyst for change all through this pivotal era. We Are a College at War reveals how the war years influenced women’s history in the twentieth century by offering a glimpse of the current-day roles of women through the legacy of the contributions of Rockford College women to the war effort.
In analyzing how the war influenced women’s education, this fascinating study shows the then all-female student body of Rockford College concerned with the crises of the world and involved in volunteerism and political activities. The authors describe how college women supported the troops the use of the traditional feminine “culture of care” outdoor the home; highlight the women who themselves joined the armed products and services and provide an explanation for their reasons for choosing to enlist; and investigate how the war affected courtship and marriage. A central theme is the legacy of humanitarian Jane Addams, an 1881 Rockford alumna who established Hull-House in Chicago and won the 1931 Nobel Prize for Peace. The authors show how Addams’s example inspired Rockford’s students all through the dark days of a world war.
Faculty, team of workers, students, and alumnae of Rockford College participated in all aspects of the war and pushed this small midwestern college to grow to be a commanding catalyst for change all through this pivotal era. We Are a College at War reveals how the war years influenced women’s history in the twentieth century by offering a glimpse of the current-day roles of women through the legacy of the contributions of Rockford College women to the war effort.
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