Morrison, Joan

Diary of Joan Wahlen Morrison, collected from her writings during the years of World War II, offering insights to how a normal American girl lived and thought during that time.

Fifty-nine Americans recount their memories of the 1960s; includes Peace Corps workers, soldiers, antiwar activists, feminists, members of the Black Panthers and Students for a Democratic Society, and others. Also includes Kent State students who were at the university the day that the Ohio National Guard fatally shot four students in 1970.

An oral history of the 1960s, in which fifty-nine men and women tell what it was like to take part in some of the tumultuous events of the decade, discussing the civil rights struggle, Vietnam War, assassinations, youth protests, and revolutions in music, dress, and values.

Presents the diary of Joan Wehlen, a young girl living in Chicago during the Great Depression and the events leading to World War II.