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Capturing the Women's Army Corps

by Bonnell, Francoise Barnes
Additional authors: Bullis, Ronald Kevin, -- co-author | Bingham, Gwen -- Foreword
Published by : University of New Mexico Press (Albuquerque, NM) Physical details: 89 pages black and white illustrations 18 x 26 cm ISBN:9780826353405 (pbk. : alk. paper) (electronic); 0826353401 (pbk. : alk. paper) (electronic).
Subject(s): McGraw, Charlotte T., -- 1915- | United States -- Army -- Women's Corp. -- Pictorial works | United States -- History -- Army -- Women's Corp | Woman Photographer -- Biography -- United States | War Photographers -- Biography -- United States. | United States Army -- photographers -- Biography | World War -- Biography -- 1939-1945 | World War -- United States -- Women
Year: 2013
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900 - 999 940.541273082 Bon (Browse shelf) Available 101229
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940.541241 Mil The commandos 940.541273 Amb The Victors : 940.541273 Bra 101st Airborne : 940.541273082 Bon Capturing the Women's Army Corps 940.5412730922 Bro A company of heroes 940.5412730922 O'Do Beyond valor 940.5412730923956 Bro Facing the mountain :

Brief history of the Women's Army Corps in World War II -- Captain McGraw's career -- Photographic art of the 1930s and 1940s -- The impact of McGraw's photos on the home front -- Captain McGraw's work -- Army women "free a man to fight" -- Modern and ancient worlds meet in war -- People in context: the art of the portrait -- Ordinary life during war -- Photographs of compassion and assistance -- Capturing images of the damage to the landscape -- Conclusion: reflections on her work -- Appendix: Women's Army Auxiliary Corps and Women's Army Corps military ranks.

"A former Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer camera operator and the only assigned Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) photographer, McGraw personally handled the release of 73,660 photos used extensively for recruiting posters and publicity. This will be the first collection of her significant wartime work and many of these photographs have not been published previously"--Provided by publisher.

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