The girls of Atomic City : the untold story of the women who helped win World War II / Denise Kiernan.
Looks at the valuable contributions made by the thousands of women who worked at a secret uranium-enriching facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee during World War II.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781451617528
- ISBN: 9781451617535
- Physical Description: xvii, 373 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Touchstone hardcover edition
- Publisher: New York : Simon & Shuster, 2013.
- Copyright: ©2013
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Revelation, August 1945 1 -- 1 Everything Will be Taken Care of: Train to Nowhere, August 1943 3 -- Tubealloy: The Bohemian Grove to the Appalachian Hills, September 1942 15 -- 2 Peaches and Pearls: The Taking of Site X, Fall 1942 20 -- Tubealloy: Ida and the Atom, 1934 32 -- 3 Through the Gates: Clinton Engineer Works, Fall 1943 35 -- Tubealloy: Lise and Fission, 1938 57 -- 4 Bull Pens and Creeps: The Project's Welcome for New Employees 63 -- Tubealloy: Leona and Success in Chicago, December 1942 75 -- 5 Only Temporary: Spring into Summer, 1944 81 -- Tubealloy: The Quest for Product 99 -- 6 To Work 109 -- Tubealloy: The Couriers 131 -- 7 Rhythms of Life 133 -- Tubealloy: Security, Censorship, and the Press 151 -- 8 One About the Fireflies ... 156 -- Tubealloy: Pumpkins, Spies, and Chicken Soup, Fall 1944 172 -- 9 Unspoken: Sweethearts and Secrets 176 -- Tubealloy: Combining Efforts in the New Year 191 -- 10 Curiosity and Silence 193 -- Tubealloy: The Project's Crucial Spring 205 -- 11 Innocence Lost 209 -- Tubealloy: Hope and the Haberdasher, April-May 1945 223 -- 12 Sand Jumps in the Desert, July 1945 232 -- 13 Gadget Revealed 249 -- 14 Dawn of a Thousand Suns 269 -- 15 Life in the New Age 286.
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- Subject:
- Women.
Womyn.
Official secrets > United States > History > 20th century.
Uranium enrichment > History > 20th century.
Women employees > Tennessee > Oak Ridge > History > 20th century.
Women > Tennessee > Oak Ridge > Interviews.
World War, 1939-1945 > Women > Tennessee > Oak Ridge.
World War, 1939-1945 > Tennessee > Oak Ridge.
Oak Ridge (Tenn.) > Biography.
Oak Ridge (Tenn.) > History > 20th century.
Oak Ridge (Tenn.) > Social life and customs > 20th century. - Genre:
- Biographies.
Interviews.
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- 90 of 98 copies available at NC Cardinal.
- 1 of 2 copies available at Madison County Public Library. (Show)
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- 1 current hold with 98 total copies.
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| Hot Springs Library | 976.8 KIE (Text) | 30229101470226 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Madison Main Library | 976.8 KIE (Text) | 30229100856482 | Adult Nonfiction | Checked out | 08/17/2026 |
| Albemarle Main Library | 976.873 Kie (Text) | 31010000428104 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Albert Carlton - Cashiers Community Library | 976.8 K (Text) | 39493107310049 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Andrews Public Library | 976.8 KIE (Text) | 80605000818533 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Ashe County Public Library | 976.873 KIE (Text) | 50503300283217 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Avery County Morrison Public Library | NFIC 976.8 KIE (Text) | 31111002627337 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Berea Library | 976.87 KIERNA (Text) | 42756202523053 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Bethlehem Branch | 976.8 Kiernan (Text) | 34269000935271 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Black Mountain Library | 976.873 KIE (Text) | 0020509754279 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
