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With a large number of men off struggling in the Civil Conflict, the government chosen women and young girls - some as young as 10 - to make millions of rounds of ammunition. Poor immigrant young girls and widows paid the price for carelessness at three major arsenals. Many of these workers were wiped out, blown up and burnt beyond acceptance. As Steve Sheinkin have with The Slot Chicago 50, Tanya Anderson in Gunpowder Females tells an incredible war story that finally provides its topics their due. Hidden history comes alive through primary-source research and engaging narrative. Gunpowder Females is a story of child labor and immigrant hopes and the cruel, unlimited demands of all-consuming war.
