1theretiredlibrarian
I just finished reading The Girls Who Stepped Out of Line by Mari K. Eder, which documents the events of several women during WWII (spies, rescuers, journalists, armed forces, etc.) One of them was Major Charity Adams, the only black female commander. She was given command of the unit 6888 (Six Triple Eights) the only all-black female unit. They were given the task of sorting through and sending on to the troops a 2-year backlog of mail in Europe. The author indicated that several documents were made of the Six Triple Eights, as well as some of the other women in the book. So this morning I started browsing the internet looking for them. Netflix is releasing later this month a movie "Six Triple Eight", directed by Tyler Perry and starring Kerry Washington. I've put it in my queue to watch when it's released.
I've noticed a lot more books lately about women during WWII, both fiction and nonfiction. Recently I've read several of them.
Twenty years ago I read a novel about the WASPS. I was taking a Texas History class at the University of TX and we had to write a term paper about something in Texas history. The WASPS trained in Sweetwater. At Texas Women's University, they have an entire room in the library dedicated to the WASPS; I had my hands on primary sources to write my paper (got an A; plus "bonus points" from the professor, as no one had ever covered that topic before). Anyway, I have never been able to remember the name of the novel that set me on the course of my interest in the women of WWII. And I'm looking forward to seeing the movie on Netflix.
I've noticed a lot more books lately about women during WWII, both fiction and nonfiction. Recently I've read several of them.
Twenty years ago I read a novel about the WASPS. I was taking a Texas History class at the University of TX and we had to write a term paper about something in Texas history. The WASPS trained in Sweetwater. At Texas Women's University, they have an entire room in the library dedicated to the WASPS; I had my hands on primary sources to write my paper (got an A; plus "bonus points" from the professor, as no one had ever covered that topic before). Anyway, I have never been able to remember the name of the novel that set me on the course of my interest in the women of WWII. And I'm looking forward to seeing the movie on Netflix.
