Their day in the sun : women of the Manhattan Project

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Label

Their day in the sun : women of the Manhattan Project

Title remainder

women of the Manhattan Project

Statement of responsibility

Ruth H. Howes and Caroline L. Herzenberg ; foreword by Ellen C. Weaver

Creator

• Howes, Ruth, (Ruth Hege)

Contributor

• Herzenberg, Caroline L., 1932-

Subject

• Frauenberuf
• Frauenfeindlichkeit
• Geschichte
• History
• Kernwaffe
• Manhattan Project (U.S.)
• Manhattan Project (U.S.) -- History
• USA
• United States
• Weltkrieg (1939-1945)
• Wissenschaftlerin
• Women scientists
• Women scientists -- United States
• Frauenarbeit

Genre

• History

Language

eng

Summary

• "The history of the Manhattan Project, America's extremely secretive effort during World War II to develop the atomic bomb, is almost always presented in light of the male scientists who made the bomb. But, in fact, a large number of women were also involved in the project, although until now their contributions have largely been ignored."--Jacket
• "Authors Ruth H. Howes and Caroline L. Herzenberg discuss the various scientific problems the women helped to solve as well as the discrimination they faced in their work. Their abrupt recruitment for the war effort and anecdotes of everyday life in the clandestine, improvised communities, what happened to the women after the war, and their present attitudes toward the work they did on the bomb are also included."--Jacket

Member of

• Labor and social change

Cataloging source

DLC

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

QC773.3.U5

LC item number

H68 1999

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography