Published in the United States of America by Cherry Lake Publishing Ann Arbor Michigan www cherrylakepublishing com Consultants Allan M Winkler University Distinguished Professor of History Miami University Oxford Ohio Marla Conn ReadAbility Inc Editorial direction Red Line Editorial Book design Sleeping Bear Press Photo Credits U S Army Air Corps Library of Congress cover left 1 left Ann Rosener Library of Congress cover middle 1 middle 12 Russell Lee Library of Congress cover right 1 right 22 David Bransby Library of Congress 4 Andreas Feininger Library of Congress 6 Library of Congress 9 Bettmann Corbis 11 14 U S Army Signal Corps Associated Press 15 Jack Delano Library of Congress 18 Arthur Siegel Library of Congress 21 Dorothea Lange Library of Congress 24 26 Horace Bristol Corbis 28 Service epa Corbis 30 Copyright 2015 by Cherry Lake Publishing All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means without written permission from the publisher Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Gitlin Martin World War II U S homefront Martin Gitlin pages cm Perspectives library Includes index ISBN 978-1-63137-621-4 hardcover ISBN 978-1-63137-666-5 pbk ISBN 978-1-63137 711-2 pdf ebook ISBN 978-1-63137-756-3 hosted ebook 1 World War 1939 1945 United States Juvenile literature 2 World War 1939 1945 Social aspects United States Juvenile literature 3 United States Social conditions 1933 1945 Juvenile literature I Title D769 1 G57 2014 940 53’73 dc23 2014004588 Cherry Lake Publishing would like to acknowledge the work of The Partnership for 21st Century Skills Please visit www p21 org for more information Printed in the United States of America Corporate Graphics Inc July 2014
Table of Contents In this book you will read about the lives of three U S civilians during World War II Many people faced personal struggles and hardships during this period in the early 1940s As you’ll see the same event can look different depending on one’s point of view Chapter 1 4 Eleanor Lewis Bomber Plant Worker Chapter 2 1 4 Willie Johnson Grocery Clerk Chapter 3 2 2 Miyoshi Takahara Japanese American Look Look Again 30 Glossary 3 1 Learn More 3 1 Index 32 About the Author 32
1 4 I am feeling many emotions today It is September 11 1942 I kissed my husband Joe goodbye exactly eight months ago today He went off to man the USS Cushing a navy destroyer near the island of Guadalcanal in the Pacific Every day I pray that Japanese forces have not killed him That is my biggest fear Only his letters give me hope for his safety Eleanor Lewis Bomber Plant Worker
5 But that is not the only reason I am frightened I also fear for my country’s safety Japan showed how easily it could attack U S territory when it bombed Pearl Harbor last December The Germans have overrun all of Europe and taken over much of the Soviet Union It is plain to see that Adolf Hitler and Rosie the Riveter A popular 1942 song first used the term Rosie the Riveter The song portrays a female factory worker doing what she can to help the U S war effort Rosie the Riveter began to represent all working women during World War II A cover for the Saturday Evening Post painted by Norman Rockwell also made the image of the female factory worker famous during the war
