| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. The American Revolution; 2. The Civil War; 3. The Spanish-American War; 4. World War I; 5. World War II; 6. Unconventional Operations, Espionage, and the Cold War; 7. Women's Integration and the Korean War; 8. The Vietnam War; 9. Gender Wars; 10. Desert Storm; 11. Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom; Epilogue; Conclusion; Source Acknowledgments; Bibliography; Further Reading |
| Summary |
This inspiring anthology it the first to convey the noteworthy experiences and contributions of women in the American military in their own words-from the Revolutionary War to the present wars in the Middle East. Serving with the Union Army during the Civil War as a nurse, scout, spy, and soldier, Harriet Tubman tells what it was like to be the first American woman to lead a raid against an enemy, freeing some 750 slaves. Busting gender stereotypes, Inga Fredriksen Ferris's describes how it felt to be a woman marine during World War II. Heidi Squier Kraft recounts her experiences as a lieutenant commander in the navy, deployed to Iraq as a psychologist to provide mental health care in a combat zone. In excerpts from their diaries, letters, oral histories, military depositions and testimonies, as well as from published and unpublished memoirs-generations of women reveal why and how they chose to serve their country, often breaking with social norms and at great personal peril |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Women -- Armed Forces -- United States -- Biography
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Women and the military -- United States
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Women soldiers -- United States -- Biography
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Women and the military
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Women soldiers -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General.
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HISTORY -- Military -- Other.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Women.
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Armed Forces -- Women
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Women and the military
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Women soldiers
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
autobiographies (literary works)
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Personal narratives
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Autobiographies
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Biographies
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Personal narratives.
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Autobiographies.
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Biographies.
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Récits personnels.
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Autobiographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Bell, Jerri, editor
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Crow, Tracy, editor
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| LC no. |
2016057132 |
| ISBN |
9781612349343 |
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161234934X |
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9781612349350 |
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1612349358 |
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9781612349367 |
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1612349366 |
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9781640122321 |
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164012232X |
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