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Book Review: Slacks and Calluses: Our Summer in a Bomber Factory by Constance Bowman Reid & Clara Marie Allen

Explore the world of women working on airplane factory lines in this memoir with hand-drawn illustrations from 1944. Summary:In 1943 two spirited young teachers decided to do their part for the war effort by spending their summer vacation working the swing shift on a B-24 production line at a San Diego bomber plant. Welding torches and climbing into bomb bays, they learned to use tools that they…

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Can you think of any other heroines who have Lillian Bowman energy? Like v opinionated but also a bit of a dumb bitch (affectionate) 

Lol yes, I love this vibe in a heroine.

The Truth About Cads and Dukes by Elisa Braden--Jane Huxley. Jane is shy on paper, but she's actually pretty opinionated and headstrong. Very nerdy and literary and super annoyed by her marriage of convenience. She's not quite as confident as Lillian (she wears glasses, is fat, and is considered plain, which would normally annoy me but she's also a Crouching Nerd Chick, Hidden Sexpot so it's fine) but she does have that level of like, blithe self-belief. I identified her as a dumb bitch (affectionate) when she started going off on the hero about how he couldn't possibly understand what was going on unless he was inside of her!!! She meant her mind. He understood she meant her mind, but it didn't help.

Wicked in His Arms by Stacy Reid--Olivia "Livvie" Sherwood. A dumb virgin who can't drive but is sure that she can go toe to toe with the cold, stubborn hero. She's kind of right? But also gets into a fuckton of trouble on the way. I definitely recommend this book to It Happened One Autumn fans, the enemies to lovers vibe is similar and the heroine does something soooo unhinged towards the end that I was completely and utterly delighted.

A Week to Be Wicked by Tessa Dare--Minerva Highwood. Another "I'm dumb but I'm smart" heroine. Minerva knows a lot about fossils and shit, but she doesn't know fuck all about how to keep a hold of her virginity. Traveling with a slutty rake guy and being like "oh yes, show me how people have sex, as long as there's a sheet between us what can go wrong" is not like... the brightest. But she's extremely opinionated.

A Daring Pursuit by Kate Bateman--Carys Davies. She's one of those "let me fight the ice man" heroines (again, much like Lillian) who then stumbles into a Sex Deal and is in way over her head. My favorite part of this book is that it involves her tendency to rescue like, any and all animals including a BEAR.

The Earl I Ruined by Scarlett Peckham--Constance Stonewell. MAJORLY. She ruins this man's life with idle gossip, and then is all "I shall save him with a fake engagement because I feel bad". She like, stumbles upon his secret stash of dildos and is like "egad, this is a man who enjoys being PUNISHED" when the very clear implication through their every encounter is that... he is the one... doing the punishing...

The Rake Gets Ravished by Sophie Jordan--Mercy Kittinger. My favorite thing about this book is that it kicks off with the heroine sneaking into the hero's room to steal something from him, and when he finds her like... her "think fast" moment is "Oh I just wanted to have sex with you". What a lovely moron.

In Bed with the Devil by Lorraine Heath--Olivia Stanford. God bless. Will do anything to protect her son and is a refined lady. Will also charge headfirst into danger and faint at the sight of Jack Dodger's penis.