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The girls of Atomic City : the untold story of the women who helped win World War II Cover Image Book

The girls of Atomic City : the untold story of the women who helped win World War II / Denise Kiernan.

The untold story of the women who helped win World War II. (cover title)
Kiernan, Denise. (Author).

Summary:

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.

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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. (Show)
  • 1 of 2 copies available at Madison County Public Library.

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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

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