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Capturing the Women's Army Corps [electronic resource] : the World War II photographs of Captain Charlotte T. McGraw / Françoise Barnes Bonnell and Ronald Kevin Bullis ; foreword by Brigadier General Gwen Bingham.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, [2013] 2015)Description: 1 online resource (pages cm)ISBN:
  • 9780826353412
  • 9780826353405
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 940.54/1273082 23
LOC classification:
  • UA565.W6 B66 2013
Online resources:
Contents:
Brief history of the Women's Army Corps in World War II -- Captain McGraw's career -- Photographic art of the 1930s and 1940s -- The impact of McGraw's photos on the home front -- Captain McGraw's work -- Army women "free a man to fight" -- Modern and ancient worlds meet in war -- People in context: the art of the portrait -- Ordinary life during war -- Photographs of compassion and assistance -- Capturing images of the damage to the landscape -- Conclusion: reflections on her work -- Appendix: Women's Army Auxiliary Corps and Women's Army Corps military ranks.
Summary: "A former Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer camera operator and the only assigned Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) photographer, McGraw personally handled the release of 73,660 photos used extensively for recruiting posters and publicity. This will be the first collection of her significant wartime work and many of these photographs have not been published previously"--Provided by publisher.
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Brief history of the Women's Army Corps in World War II -- Captain McGraw's career -- Photographic art of the 1930s and 1940s -- The impact of McGraw's photos on the home front -- Captain McGraw's work -- Army women "free a man to fight" -- Modern and ancient worlds meet in war -- People in context: the art of the portrait -- Ordinary life during war -- Photographs of compassion and assistance -- Capturing images of the damage to the landscape -- Conclusion: reflections on her work -- Appendix: Women's Army Auxiliary Corps and Women's Army Corps military ranks.

"A former Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer camera operator and the only assigned Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) photographer, McGraw personally handled the release of 73,660 photos used extensively for recruiting posters and publicity. This will be the first collection of her significant wartime work and many of these photographs have not been published previously"--Provided by publisher.

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