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Jennifer Erdody, Milford, NH
6/27/2005
I just finished reading this book cover-to-cover, and it was just
as engrossing
as any novel I have read. I appreciate it so much, as it has given
me a new
understanding of the ways women were regarded in my grandmother's
generation,
of the inequalities my mother's generation fought to change, and
of how lucky I
am to be a member of the first generation in which women are not
automatically
viewed as second to men. American women accomplished a great change,
in
what is really quite short a time.
Karin Stahl, Hartford, CT
6/14/2005
"Our Mothers' War" is an incredible experience, not
just an excellent
book. It's a page-turner through heartfelt accounts and history
written as
an engaging story. For almost a year I had been researching WWI,
WWII and
the Vietnam War, pouring through family collections of love letters
and
memorabilia from the women's perspectives. When Emily Yellin's
book was
published I was thrilled and could almost hear my own mother's
voice again
telling me similar stories. Rusty, my mother, worked as a civilian
administrative assistant for the Navy. My father was a civilian
engineer
who developed equipment used to measure atomic bomb tests at Los
Almos. My
parents would put on their music and show us how they danced during
war
time, just as Emily described at the canteens in the book. We
children
would get them to reminisce for hours, sharing stories about their
own
work, the service of others, and what it was like during war time
at the
homefront. Emily has provided us all with a gift of context for
our
memories and incentive to learn even more about those years and
our
mothers' roles. Thank you, Emily!
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