The Tiger's widow

By Jennifer Holik

Subjects: Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945, Biography, Women, Femmes, Biographies, Manners and customs, World War, 1939-1945, Women soldiers, United States. Army. Women's Army Corps, American Personal narratives, United States, Social life and customs, United States. Army. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps

Description: Drawn from Virginia "Ginny" Brouk's own memoir, letters and interviews, this biography of Virginia Scharer Brouk, later Virginia S. Davis, presents her life story, from growing up in Chicago during the Great Depression, to her life as the wife of Flying Tiger Robert Brouk, and then, as a young widow, picking up the pieces of her life and soldiering on, including becoming a member of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps.