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Creates a vivid portrait of what life was like for many living in the rural South during the Depression and provides context for their everyday lives. Drawing on her girlhood diaries, Aileen Henderson's nuanced storytelling sheds light on the common struggle for sustenance during a time when people were at their most vulnerable.

Aileen Kilgore enlisted in the Women's Army Corps (WAC) during World War II. From basic training in Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, to her discharge in late 1945, she served as one of more than 150,000 American women who joined the WAC. This work includes her diaries and letters of that time.