Patricia Chappine tells an engrossing story of the diverse New Jersey women who participated in World War II using their dramatic words culled from diaries, letters, oral histories, and newspapers. This book should be read widely and used as a model to expand understanding of the challenges women faced and the changes that did and did not follow.

Maxine N. Lurie, Seton Hall University

During World War II, New Jersey women served their country in a multitude of ways, from 'Rosie the Riveter' factory workers to clerical service in all branches of the military in the United States, to nurses in combat theaters and Red Cross volunteers boosting military morale across the world. Patricia Chappine's book, New Jersey Women during World War II: On the Home Front and Abroad covers it all, in a work you must have on your shelf if you are interested in New Jersey history. It fills a void and does it well.

Joseph Bilby, National Guard Militia Museum of New Jersey

You will feel transported to an inspiring era of the greatest generation of Garden State women, whose unique voices and lesser-known sacrifices bloom forward in this first-person historically sourced book by Patty Chappine, New Jersey Women during World War II: On the Home Front and Abroad. How gratifying to have Chappine pull together and highlight those oral history interviews from our collection at the National Guard Militia Museum of NJ in Sea Girt.

Carol Fowler, National Guard Militia Museum of NJ