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

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Author

Kiernan, Denise

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Publication Date

2013.

Language

English

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Women's History
Women's History Month

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Best seller 2013 -- Non-fiction
History
Oak Ridge (Tenn.) -- Biography
Oak Ridge (Tenn.) -- History -- 20th century
Oak Ridge (Tenn.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
Official secrets
Official secrets -- History -- 20th century
Official secrets -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Social life and customs
Uranium enrichment
Uranium enrichment -- History -- 20th century
Women
Women -- Tennessee -- Oak Ridge -- Interviews
Women employees
Women employees -- Tennessee -- Oak Ridge -- History -- 20th century
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- Tennessee -- Oak Ridge
World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- Tennessee -- Oak Ridge

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Table of Contents

From the Book - First Touchstone hardcover edition.

Revelation, August 1945

Everything will be taken care of : train to nowhere, August 1943. Tubealloy : the Bohemian Grove to the Appalachian Hills, September 1942

Peaches and pearls : the taking of Site X, Fall 1942. Tubealloy : Ida and the atom, 1934

Through the gates : Clinton Engineer Works, Fall 1943. Tubealloy : Lise and fission, 1938

Bull pens and creeps : the Project's welcome for new employees. Tubealloy : Leona and success in Chicago, December 1942

Only temporary : spring into Summer, 1944. Tubealloy : the quest for product

To work. Tubealloy : the couriers

Rhythms of life. Tubealloy : Security, censorship, and the press

The one about fireflies. Tubealloy : pumpkins, spies, and chicken soup, Fall 1944

The unspoken : sweethearts and secrets. Tubealloy : combining efforts in the New Year

Curiosity and silence. Tubealloy : the project's crucial spring

Innocence lost. Tubealloy : hope and the haberdasher, April-May 1945

Sand jumps in the desert, July 1945

The gadget revealed

Dawn of a thousand suns

Life in the new age.

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Revelation, August 1945

Everything will be taken care of : train to nowhere, August 1943. Tubealloy : the Bohemian Grove to the Appalachian Hills, September 1942

Peaches and pearls : the taking of Site X, Fall 1942. Tubealloy : Ida and the atom, 1934

Through the gates : Clinton Engineer Works, Fall 1943. Tubealloy : Lise and fission, 1938

Bull pens and creeps : the Project's welcome for new employees. Tubealloy : Leona and success in Chicago, December 1942

Only temporary : spring into Summer, 1944. Tubealloy : the quest for product

To work. Tubealloy : the couriers

Rhythms of life. Tubealloy : Security, censorship, and the press

The one about fireflies. Tubealloy : pumpkins, spies, and chicken soup, Fall 1944

The unspoken : sweethearts and secrets. Tubealloy : combining efforts in the New Year

Curiosity and silence. Tubealloy : the project's crucial spring

Innocence lost. Tubealloy : hope and the haberdasher, April-May 1945

Sand jumps in the desert, July 1945

The gadget revealed

Dawn of a thousand suns

Life in the new age.

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ISBN

9781451617528
9781410456472

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Women's History Month

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