Introduction: History, women, and China's war of resistance against Japan
pt. 1. The war and gender's social roles
Prologue
Students
A Xiajiang woman
A doctor's wife
A girl of the ZZEB
A teacher of the ZZEB
A woman from a rich and powerful family
Women from poor peasant families
pt. 2. The war and gender's economic impact
Prologue
Daughters
A tailor's wife
An abandoned housewife
A Minsheng employee
A Yuhua textile factory worker
A woman of the Songji Experimental Zone
pt. 3. The war and gender's political impact
Prologue
A Communist woman working for the XYCZFZW
A student revolutionary
A Jiuguohui woman
An underground CCP member
pt. 4. Women, memory, and China's war of resistance against Japan
Epilogue.