Back To ListBomb GirlsTrading Aprons for AmmoByBarbara DicksonPublished October 2015Paperback$ 26.99Paperback$ 26.99PDF$ 26.99ePub$ 8.99 Add to CartShop LocalDescription2016 Speaker's Book Award — Shortlisted2016 Heritage Toronto Book Award — NominatedAn account of the women working in high-security, dangerous conditions making bombs in Toronto during the Second World War.What was it like to work in a Canadian Second World War munitions factory? What were working conditions like? Did anyone die? Just how closely did female employees embody the image of “Rosie the Riveter” so popularly advertised to promote factory work in war propaganda posters? How closely does the recent TV show, Bomb Girls, resemble the actual historical record of the day-to-day lives of bomb-making employees?Bomb Girls delivers a dramatic, personal, and detailed review of Canada’s largest fuse-filling munitions factory, situated in Scarborough, Ontario. First-hand accounts, technical records, photographic evidence, business documentation, and site maps all come together to offer a rare, complete account into the lives of over twenty-one thousand brave men and women who risked their lives daily while handling high explosives in a dedicated effort to help win the war.Of Related InterestLaura SecordPeggy Dymond LeaveyCrackedJoan M. RobertsCanadian Women in the SkyElizabeth Gillan MuirAmong the Walking WoundedColonel John ConradTen DecisionsLarry D. RoseContributorsBarbara DicksonBarbara Dickson is a sought-after motivational public speaker, local historian, and author of fiction and periodical pieces. She lives in Scarborough, Ontario.View Author Page Book DetailsPaperbackOctober 20156x9 in288 pp9781459731165PDFOctober 2015-288 pp9781459731172ePubOctober 2015-288 pp9781459731189