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Viewed Through New Lenses : A Comparative Study Of Young Girls Growing Up In Madison, Indiana, And Louisville, Kentucky, During World War Ii., Michella M. Marino 1982-

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This thesis presents the view of World War II, a watershed event in U.S. history, through the lenses of a group that is not normally called upon, that of young children. The war was viewed by and affected young girls differently than others. Granted, some aspects of the war affected all people in a similar fashion, regardless of age and gender. This study, however, focuses on girls born between the years of 1929 and 1936, with the goal of describing the experience of children in two communities by determining what factors do and do not affect that experience and thereby …