She Built Ships by Jeane Slone- HISTORICAL FICTION- What do the Port Chicago explosion, Tuskegee Airmen, Japanese American internment, women welders and riveters have in common? This historical fiction weaves all those events into one fast-paced novel. The reader is immersed into the era of the forties on the home front. Three diverse women experience gender and ethnic discrimination in a man's world. Includes historical photographs.