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1 online resource |
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Women language |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| 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from their diaries, letters, oral histories, military depositions and testimonies, as well as from published and unpublished memoirs-generations of women reveal why and how they chose to serve their country, often breaking with social norms and at great personal peril. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
United States -- Armed Forces -- Women -- Biography.
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United States. |
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Armed Forces. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Women and the military -- United States.
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Women and the military. |
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Women soldiers -- United States -- Biography.
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Women soldiers. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Autobiographies.
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Personal narratives.
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Personal narratives.
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Autobiographies.
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Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Bell, Jerri, editor.
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Crow, Tracy, editor.
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| Added Title |
Women's military stories from the American Revolution to Afghanistan |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Bell, Jerri. It's my country too. Lincoln, NB : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, [2017] 9781612348315 (DLC) 2016054040 |
| ISBN |
9781612349367 (electronic book) |
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1612349366 (electronic book) |
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9781612349343 (electronic book) |
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161234934X (electronic book) |
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9781612349350 |
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1612349358 |
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9781612348315 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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1612348319 |
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