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The Girls of Atomic City

the Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II
Melissa_RA_Librarian
Nov 22, 2016
I have been in a bit of a women's history mood. I read Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly and then I went on to Rise of the Rocket Girls by Nathalia Holt. Both were wonderful books that outlined how some really intelligent women were responsible sending men into space. I looked forward to this book hoping for more contributions to women's history. This story was different from those other books, but still very interesting. These women were working away from homes on secret projects. They all had one specific job, but they couldn't tell anyone what they did for fear that the whole picture would be revealed. In this remote location in Tennessee, a whole town was built by the United States government to do work to end the war. The secrecy was stringently enforced, but at the same time these people were living lives, dating, and even marrying in this secret city. Who would have thought that that many people could keep that big of a secret. Interesting.