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1 online resource (viii, 248 pages) : illustrations, facsimiles |
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polychrome |
Description |
text file |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Summary |
"Comprising 70 percent or more of civil defense workers at the height of the Cold War, American women served as FCDA wardens, nurses, home preparedness advisors, coordinators of mass feeding drills, rescue and emergency management personnel, and in various local, state, regional and national organizations. The author examines the roles they filled to promote homeland protection and preparedness"-- Provided by publisher |
Contents |
Women's civil defense prayer -- Preface: "we are going to win" -- Call to duty -- Women's challenge -- Women's partnership and responsibility -- Women's role in civil defense -- Beyond containment -- Gender and the FCDA -- President Harry S Truman and the FCDA -- Katherine Howard: security at home -- Organized support -- Members in good standing -- Pledge for home defense -- The role of women's organizations -- On guard -- Serving the community -- This is civil defense -- The warden's handbook -- Aid and comfort -- Joining the ranks -- Police services -- The nurse in civil defense -- Be prepared -- Home protection and preparedness -- Defense begins at home -- The Home Defense Corps -- Individual and family preparedness -- Out of the kitchen -- Feeding family and the masses -- Emergency mass feeding -- Basic course in mass feeding -- Conclusion: the "home" in home front -- Appendix: selected chapters from civil defense in outline. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
United States. Federal Civil Defense Administration -- History.
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United States. Federal Civil Defense Administration. |
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History. |
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Civil defense -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Civil defense. |
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United States. |
Chronological Term |
20th century |
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Women and war -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Sex role -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Cold War -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Cold War (1945-1989) |
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Social aspects. |
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Women and war. |
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure. |
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Sex role. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General. |
Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Gender roles. |
Added Title |
Women in civil defense in the early Cold War |
Other Form: |
Print version: Scheibach, Michael, 1949- Protecting the home front. Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2017] 9781476672120 (DLC) 2017040486 (OCoLC)987796574 |
ISBN |
9781476630632 (electronic book) |
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1476630631 (electronic book) |
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9781476672120 |
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1476672121 |
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