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The Oxford University Press recently published Theresa Kaminski's ''[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/019992824X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=019992824X&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=CZBGILNGEE63U2FB Angels of the Underground: The American Women who Resisted the Japanese in the Philippines in World War II].'' Kaminski's book follows the lives of four American women who were stranded in the Philippines after Japan invaded during World War II. ''Publishers Weekly'' described her book as a "fast-paced true story" that documents how these women resisted Japanese occupation. Kaminski's other books have also examined the lives of women in the South Pacific during World War II. Her previous books include ''[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0700610030/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0700610030&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=DJNQL35WFQSZ5AND Prisoners in Paradise: American Women in the Wartime South Pacific]'' and ''[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1572337575/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1572337575&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=GHWHIHREOYZOZRWG Citizen of Empire: Ethel Thomas Herold, an American in the Philippines].'' She also edited Dorothy Dore Dowle's autobiography ''[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0786408510/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0786408510&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=KV7I6K2JNPKVKAVZ Enduring What Cannot be Endured: Memoir of a Medical Aide in the Philippines in the World War II.]''
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Kaminski is currently a Professor of American Women's History at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. You can also follow her on [https://twitter.com/kaminskitheresa Twitter] or [https://www.facebook.com/TheresaKaminskiHistorian/ Facebook]. I would also recommend checking out her fantastic blog at [http://theresakaminski.com/blog/ www.theresakaminski.com].