The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II
- ISBN-10
- 1451617534
- ISBN-13
- 9781451617535
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 373
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-03-11
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Author
- Denise Kiernan
Description
Looks at the contributions of the thousands of women who worked at a secret uranium-enriching facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee during World War II.
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- 2013-03-05
- 389 pages
- Paperback
- Simon and Schuster
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