I.    Prologue: Forgotten Women

II.   Bread or Revolution: New York, 1913-1914

III.   From Corsets to Cartridges: Bridgeport, 1915-1916

IV.   The Great Migration: Chicago, 1917

V.    Mobilizing Woman Power: Washington, 1917-1918

VI.   On the Shop Floor: 1918

VII.   Demobilized: Streetcars and Railroads, 1918-1919

Epilogue: 1945

Acknowledgements

A Note on the Illustrations

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Lathe operator at the General Electric Plant in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Women's Bureau photograph courtesy of the National Archives at College Park (RG 86G-2J-12).