For Carol Lynn : unearthing our mothers' war years

To bring him home safely : wives, mothers, and sisters of servicemen

Soldiers without guns : female defense industry workers

Putting up a good front : female entertainers, fictional characters, and icons

This man's army : WACs

On duty at home : WAVES, SPARs, Marines, and WASPs

Save his life and fine your own : volunteers, Land Army, Red Cross girls, and nurses

Jane Crow : African-American women

Behind enemy lines : spies, propaganda workers, and those who worked for the enemy

A question of loyalty : Japanese-American women

Qualified successes : politicians, journalists, doctors, baseball players, and other professional women

The "wrong kind" of woman : prostitutes, unwed mothers, and lesbians

A war within the war : right-wing, anti-Semitic mothers' groups and Jewish-American women

Inside the secret city : wives and WACs in Los Alamos

Their legacy : our mother's war years resounding through our lives.