Not Your Father's War Stories

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Emily Yellin?s book, Our Mothers? War: American Women at Home and at the Front During World War II, was inspired by her own mother?s service. Her history delves into tales of female spies, pilots, and nurses, and discloses some surprising material: Wonder Woman was created in 1941 to fight the Nazi menace and became the first female comic book superhero; Marilyn Monroe was discovered in 1944 while working with her mother-in-law packing parachutes at a war plant in Burbank. A frequent contributor to the New York Times and other publications, Yellin will sign copies of her book following the Forum.