02725cam a2200385 i 4500 545749942 TxAuBib 140320t20142013||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781451617535 pbk. 1451617534 pbk. NjBwBT eng NjBwBT rda CoBoFLC TxAuBib rda Kiernan, Denise. Girls of Atomic City. The girls of Atomic City : the untold story of the women who helped win World War II / Denise Kiernan. First Touchstone paperback edition. New York : Touchstone, a division of Simon & Schuster, 2014. ©2013. xxi, 373 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "A Touchstone Book". Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-347) and index. Revelation, August 1945 -- Everything will be taken care of : train to nowhere, August 1943. Tubealloy : the Bohemian Grove to the Appalachian Hills, September 1942 - - Peaches and pearls : the taking of Site X, Fall 1942. Tubealloy : Ida and the atom, 1934 -- Through the gates : Clinton Engineer Works, Fall 1943. Tubealloy : Lise and fission, 1938 -- Bull pens and creeps : the Projects welcome for new employees. Tubealloy : Leona and success in Chicago, December 1942 -- Only temporary : spring into summer, 1944. Tubealloy : the quest for product -- To work. Tubealloy : the couriers -- Rhythms of life. Tubealloy : Security, censorship, and the press -- The one about fireflies. Tubealloy : pumpkins, spies, and chicken soup, Fall 1944 -- The unspoken : sweethearts and secrets. Tubealloy : combining efforts in the New Year -- Curiosity and silence. Tubealloy : the projects crucial spring -- Innocence lost. Tubealloy : hope and the haberdasher, April-May 1945 -- Sand jumps in the desert, July 1945 -- The gadget revealed -- Dawn of a thousand suns -- Life in the new age. Looks at the contributions of the thousands of women who worked at a secret uranium-enriching facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee during World War II. Oak Ridge National Laboratory History 20th century. Women employees Tennessee. Women Tennessee. Uranium enrichment History 20th century. Official secrets United States. World War, 1939-1945 Women Tennessee. World War, 1939-1945 Tennessee. Oak Ridge (Tenn) History 20th century. Oak Ridge (Tenn) Social life and customs 20th century. Oak Ridge (Tenn) Biography.