Kathryn J. Atwood
Kathryn has written multiple young adult collective biographies on women and war for Chicago Review Press. Her first book, Women Heroes of World War II, gets all the attention, but her book on the Pacific Theater of WWII was given a starred review by Booklist and Courageous Women of the Vietnam War was honored with an award that to unfocused eyes sort of resembles the Newbery Medal.
She has been seen on WGN TV and "America: Fact vs. Fiction"; interviewed by Wild Bear Entertainment for their series, "Deception: WWII"; heard on BBC America; published in The Historian and War, Literature & the Arts; and featured as a guest speaker at the Harold Washington Library in Chicago, the First Division Museum at Cantigny Park, and the Atlanta History Center.
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“But most of these women -- the famous and the obscure -- had one thing in common: they did not think of themselves as heroes. They followed their consciences, saw something that needed to be done, and they did it. And all of them helped win a war, even though many of them paid the ultimate price for their contribution. But their sacrifice was not in vain, especially if their courage continues to inspire others to fight injustice and evil wherever they find it.--From Women Heroes of WWII”