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Good girls, good food, good fun : the story of USO hostesses during World War II /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Winchell, Meghan K.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2008]
Series:Gender & American culture.
Subjects:
United Service Organizations (U.S.)
Soldiers > Recreation > United States > History.
World War, 1939-1945 > War work > United States.
World War, 1939-1945 > Women > United States.
Women > United States > Social conditions > 20th century.
Table of Contents:
  • To make the boys feel at home : senior hostesses and gendered citizenship
  • The loveliest girls in the nation
  • Wartime socializing
  • Nice girls didn't, period : junior hostesses and sexual service
  • Courtship and competition in the USO dance hall.