What Did You Do in the War, Grandma?: Index

With many thanks to Marie Force, who made this index as part of her MLS at Southern Connecticut State University, and contributed it to What did you do in the War, Grandma.
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A	A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W XYZ

African-Americans, 4, 5, 14, 22

Agriculture. See Rhode Island: agriculture

Aircraft, amphibious, 15

Aircraft industry. See Employment of women: in defense industries

Air raid drills, 3, 8, 10

Airplane spotting, 8

All-American Girls' Professional Baseball League, 3

Allied Military Government-United States (AMG-US), 25

American Red Cross, 7

Anderson, Marian, 5

Anti-Semitism, 2, 4, 21. See also Holocaust.

Arizona, 16

Army Command General Staff School, 25

Atomic bomb, 1, 7, 11, 13, 16, 17, 19, 25

Attack on United States, fear of, 8, 10, 22

Aukerman, Louise, 14

Austria, pre war, 2

B	A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W XYZ

Baseball, 3

Berlin, Germany 25

Biltmore Hotel, Providence, 9, 11

Bird's Eye Frozen Food Company, 25

Bitgood, Edna, 19

Blackouts, 3, 8, 9, 10

Block Island, RI, 15

Boston, MA, 1

Briggs, Wilma, 3

Bristol, RI 12

Bristow, Mary, 6

Brown and Sharpe, 22, 26

Brown University Libraries, 24

Buddies Club. See USO clubs

Butler Hospital, 17

C	A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W XYZ

Caldwell, NJ, 21

California, 17, 20

California Flower Shop, 26

Camp Atterbury, 21

Camp Blanding, 11

Camp Burlingame, 9

Camp Edwards, 17

Canning (fruits and vegetables), 3, 6, 18

Cape Cod, RI, 5, 17

Carson, Josephine, 24

Central Falls High School, 22

Central Falls, RI 22

Chamberlain, Neville, 2

Charleston, SC, 11, 14

Charlestown, RI, 9

Chasm, Genevieve, 25

Chatalian, Mildred, 26

Childcare, 9, 10, 12, 18, 19

Church attendance, 5

Churchill, Winston, 23

Civilian Defense, 8, 9

East Providence, 9

Narragansett, 10

Newport, 10

Clothing for women. See also Rationing: nylon stockings

for work, 26

military, 11, 21

pants, 3, 26

Coastal defense, 8, 9, 10, 15

Coast Guard, 23

Cohen, Judith Weiss, 4

Columbia University, 17

Commercial High School, 5

Community Program for Peace, 7

Cornell University, 15

Concentration camps. See Holocaust.

Connecticut, 1

Craig, Naomi, 5

Curtiss Wright Corporation, 21

D	A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W XYZ

Dating (social), 8, 21, 22

Davisville, RI, 11

Defense industries. See Employment of women

Depression. See Great Depression.

Discrimination. See also African-Americans; Anti-Semitism; Employment of women

as cause of war, 4

Italian, 4, 7

Japanese, 7, 13

Dorrings, 26

Dorsey, Tommy, 23

Douglas, AZ, 16

Draft, see Military.

Drew, Barbara, 9

E	A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W XYZ

East Greenwich Academy, 21

East Greenwich, RI, 3, 21

East Providence, RI, 9, 12, 26

Education. See also G. I. Bill of Rights

college, 1, 4, 10, 16, 21, 23

graduate, 4, 15, 16

high school, 1, 4, 5, 7, 21, 22

junior high school, 8

E.K. Farben Industries, 25

Employment of women. See also Clothing; Military; Wages

attitudes about, 16, 21, 23

during the Great Depression, 26

effects of, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 13, 24

in defense industries, 5, 7, 12, 21, 22, 26

limited career choices, 5, 21, 23

losing job after war, 11, 22, 24

married women in the workplace, 24

work hours, 24

workplace discrimination and harassment, 5, 21, 22, 24, 25

Entertainment for troops. See also USO clubs

churches, 5

officers' clubs, 9, 11, 16

England, 1, 11, 13, 22

F	A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W XYZ

Federal Products, 5

Feminism, 3, 12, 20, 24

Fields Point, RI, 26

Florida, 11

Food. See also Rationing

military, 25

Fort Devens, 5, 17, 26

Fort Getty, 21

Fort Greene, 10

Fort Hamilton, 26

Fort Knox, 26

Fort Leavenworth, 25

Fort Oglethorpe, 21, 25

Fort Wetherell, 21

G	A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W XYZ

Gardner, Mary, 18

Georgia, 4, 21, 25

Germany, 4, 13

post war, 25, 26

Gestapo, 21

G.I. Bill of Rights, 4, 16

Gibson's Soda Fountain, 12

Great Depression, 3, 4, 8, 9, 24, 26

Green Hill, RI, 9

Gwynne, Barbara, 11

H	A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W XYZ

Habledoff, 26

Hamilton Propeller Plant, 19

Hance, Marcella, 20

Hearn, Kay, 23

Higgins, Rachel, 7

Hitler, Adolf, 2, 4, 11, 22

Mein Kampf, 1, 4, 24

H.M.S. Goethals, 26

H.M.S. Repulse, 12

H.M.S. Wales, 12

Hoff, Germany 26

Holocaust, 4, 24, 25. See also Anti-Semitism

Homes purchased after war, 5, 19

Hope High School, 3

Hope Valley, RI, 19

Hospital work, 11, 17, 21

Housework, 3, 18, 19

Hughes, Eileen, 8

I	A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W XYZ

Indiana, 21

Internment camps, Japanese-American. See Discrimination

J	A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W XYZ

Jamestown, RI, 21

Junior League of Providence, 9, 11

K	A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W XYZ

Kansas, 25

Kent Theater, 21

Kentucky, 26

Kingston, RI, 6

Koch, Elasa, 12

L	A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W XYZ

Lafayette, RI, 16

Leisure activities, 3, 10, 18, 21, 22, 23

Leyte, Philippines, 17

Liberty ships, 26

Life, 13

Lister's Mill, 12

London, England 1, 13, 22

M	A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W XYZ

Mail

censorship of, 1, 10, 12, 19

V-mail, 10, 12

writing to troops, 1, 5, 6, 22, 23, 24

Malaria, 17, 20

Marriage, 5, 8, 11, 16, 17, 21, 22

as cause for losing job, 24

Manhattan Project, 25. See also Atomic bomb

Martin, Faith McNulty, 13

Marvin Street Laundry, 26

Maternity wards, 17

Matunuck, RI, 2

Medical treatments, 17

Mein Kampf (Hitler), 1, 4, 24

Melville, RI, 19

Military

death, 1, 5, 8, 10, 11, 16, 20, 23

demobilization, 5, 6, 19, 20, 24

enlistment or draft, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26

Purple Heart recipients, 12

retained at home, 2, 9, 14

women in, 4, 11, 17, 20, 21, 25, 26

wounded, 2, 5, 11, 14, 21

Miller, Glen, 23

Monroe, Vaughn, 23

Moonstone, RI, 9

Movies. See Propaganda

Music, big band, 9, 23

N	A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W XYZ

Narragansett Bay, RI, 15

Narragansett Elementary School, 10

Narragansett Pier, RI, 23

Narragansett, RI, 8, 10

Narragansett Times, 7

National Pacifist Organization, 7

Naval Air Station, Quonset Point, 8, 15

Navy, 19

communications system, 20

experimental aircraft, 15

experimental watercraft, 15

impact on Rhode Island, 8, 9, 10, 15, 21

Nazism, 1, 24

New Jersey, 13

New Hampshire, 9

Newport Officers Club, 9

Newport, RI, 9, 10, 11, 19, 22, 23, 24

Newsreels, 22. See also Propaganda

New York (state), 6, 21, 26

New York (city), 4, 13, 21

New York Daily News, 13

Nuremberg, Germany 26

Nurses, 17

O	A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W XYZ

Ocean crossing

by airplane, 13

by ship, 13, 17, 26

O'Grady, Katherine, 12

Osley, Helen, 10

Ott, Catherine, 21

Outlet Department Store, 4, 5

P	A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W XYZ

Pacific theater of war, 17

Pacifism, 7, 13

Patriotism, 1, 6, 8, 12, 16, 22, 25

Pawtucket, RI, 22

Peace Dale, RI, 7

Pearl Harbor, 1, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 19, 21

Pembroke College, 4, 24

Penicillin, 17

Philippines, 17

Pigeon, Walter, 22

Point Judith, RI, 3, 10, 15

Portland, MN, 13

Potter, Nancy, 1

Prisoners of war, 21, 26

Propaganda, 23

magazines, 13

movies, 8, 21

movie stars, 22

newsreels, 1

Purple Heart soldiers, 12

World War I, 7

Providence, RI, 4, 5, 6, 9, 11, 16, 17, 23, 24, 26 See also East Providence, RI.

Q	A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W XYZ

Quonset huts, 15

Quonset Officers Club, 9

Quonset Point, RI, 8, 22

Quonset, RI, 8, 10, 11, 15, 22

R	A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W XYZ

Radar, 22

Radio, 5, 10, 12, 21, 22, 24

Rationing, 1

cigarettes, 10

food, 2, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 16, 18, 19, 25

gasoline, 2, 9, 16, 19, 23, 24

nylon stockings, 10, 16

Red Cross. See American Red Cross

Refugees, 4, 21, 24

Religion, 5

Renssalaer Polytechnical Institute, 21

Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC), 23

Roosevelt, Eleanor, 5

Roosevelt, Franklin D., 5, 19, 23, 24

"Rosie the Riveter," 3. See also Employment of women: in defense industries

Rhode Island

agriculture, 3, 15

Block Island, 15

Bristol, 12

Cape Cod, 5, 17

Central Falls, 22

Charlestown, 9

Davisville, 11

East Greenwich, 3, 21

East Providence, 9, 12, 26

Fields Point, 26

Green Hill, 9

Hope Valley, 19

Jamestown, 21

Kingston, 6

Lafayette, 16

Matunuck, 2

Melville, 19

Moonstone, 9

Narragansett, 8, 10

Narragansett Bay, 15

Narragansett Pier, 23

Newport, 9, 10, 11, 19, 22, 23, 24

Pawtucket, 22

Peace Dale, 7

Point Judith, 3, 10, 15

Providence, 4, 5, 6, 9, 11, 16, 17, 23, 24, 26 See also East Providence.

Quonset, 8, 10, 11, 15, 22

Quonset Point, 8, 22

Salt Pond, 15

South County, 15

South Kingstown, 6, 7

Wakefield, 10

Westerly, 19, 23

West Kingston, 6

Rhode Island Armory, 9

Rhode Island College of Education, 10

Rhode Island Hospital, 17

Rhode Island State College. See University of Rhode Island

Rhode Island Jewish Historical Association, 4

Royal Air Force, 11

Royal Navy, 11

Royal New Zealand Navy, 11

S	A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W XYZ

Salt Pond, RI, 15

Salvation Army, 12

San Francisco, 17, 20

St. Francis Church, 7

Secretaries, 5, 16, 23

Segregation. See African-Americans

Ships sinking, 12

Smith, Mabel, 2

Soda fountains, 12

South Carolina, 11, 14

South County, RI, 15

South Kingston High School, 7

South Kingstown, RI, 6, 7

Stark General Hospital, 11

Stuckey, Irene, 15

Stuttgart, 25

Submarines, 8, 9, 15

Supreme Headquarters American Expeditionary Forces, 25

T	A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W XYZ

Taft, Florence, 16

Taft High School, 4

Time, 13

Trains (railroad), 16

Troy, NY, 21

Truman, Harry S., 8, 13

Truesdale (general at Fort Leavenworth), 25

Tufts University, 1

U	A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W XYZ

USO clubs, 1, 8, 9, 14, 21, 24

U.S.S. Intrepid, 17

University of Rhode Island, 15, 16, 21, 23

Eleanor Roosevelt Hall, 21, 23

Washburn Hall, 23

V	A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W XYZ

Vassar College, 4

Vermont, 9

Victory gardens, 3, 10

Vietnam Conflict, 4, 7

veterans of, 11

V-mail. See Mail

Volunteerism. See also American Red Cross; Civilian Defense; USO clubs

air raid warden, 3, 6, 8, 9, 10

bandage rolling, 24

canning, 6

home cooked meals, 5, 8

hospital, 1, 6

Junior League, 9, 11

knitting, 24

March of Dimes, 19

metal drives, 6, 7, 10

letter writing, 1

Rationing Board, 6, 10

servicemen's wives club, 19

Sunday school, 5

Votta, Lucile, 17

W	A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W XYZ

WAAC/WAC (Women's Auxiliary Army Corps/Women's Army Corps), 4, 8, 11, 17, 21, 25

Wages, 4, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 21, 24, 26

post-war, 18

Waitresses, 12, 16

Wakefield, RI, 10

War bonds, 3, 6, 22, 26

War stamps, 26

Washington, DC, 20

Weddings. See Marriage

Westerly, RI, 19, 23

West Kingston, RI, 6

Wilderhain, Mary, 22

Women agricultural researchers, 15

Women baseball players, 3

Women elevator operators, 5

Women farmers, 3

Women hospital administrators, 11

Women in department stores, 4, 5

Women laboratory technicians, 21

Women letter carriers, 5

Women librarians, 24

Women reporters, 4, 13

Women's liberation movement. See Feminism.

Women teachers, 6, 10

Women truck drivers, 5, 9

World War I and pacifism, 7, 13

World War II, attitudes about, 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 22, 23

World War II, effects of. See also Employment of women; Military

acquaintance with diverse people, 4, 10, 17, 20, 22

awareness of social and world concerns, 2, 4, 12, 13

awareness of discrimination, 2, 4, 5, 7, 13, 14, 21, 22, 24

church attendance, 5

loss of sheltered outlook or childhood, 1, 12

origins of 1960s women's movement, 3, 12, 20, 24

medical changes, 17

sacrifice, 5, 14, 16

women's independence, 1, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 20, 24

World War II, end of, 2, 8, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 26

Wrigley, Phil, 3

Wyoming, 5

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