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16 of the Best Books and Articles on: Women in the Military

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New Opportunities for Military Women: Effects upon Readiness, Cohesion, and Morale » Read Now
by Margaret C. Harrell, Laura L. Miller. 172 pgs.

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While some headlines have accented the negative side of gender integration in the military, this study paints a brighter picture.
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The Women's Army Corps (1954) » Read Now
by Mattie E. Treadwell. 844 pgs.

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...terms: The enlistment of women in the military forces of the United...future utilization of women by the military service. 31 In 1929, after almost ten...primarily one of...
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Effects of Military-Induced Separation on the Parenting Stress and Family Functioning of Deploying Mothers, in Military Psychology » Read Now
by Michelle L. Kelley, Peggy A. Herzog-Simmer, Marci A. Harris. 14 pgs.

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...the number of women in the military. These changes...effects of military-induced separation on women and their families...experience many of the same concerns...deploying...
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Wives and Warriors: Women and the Military in the United States and Canada » Read Now
by Laurie Weinstein, Christie C. White. 252 pgs.

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This book is about the women who serve the military as wives and those who serve as soldiers, sailors, and flyers. Comparing wives and warriors in the U.S. and Canada, it examines how the military in both countries constructs gender to exclude women from being respected as equals to men. Written by...
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This book is about the women who serve the military as wives and those who serve as soldiers, sailors, and flyers. Comparing wives and warriors in the U.S. and Canada, it examines how the military in both countries constructs gender to exclude women from being respected as equals to men. Written by a wide range of scholars and military personnel, the book covers such contemporary issues as the opening of military academies to women, the opening of combat posts to women, the experience of being a wife in the two-person career of an officer-husband, sexual harassment, turnover of women in the armed services, and U.S. and Canadian policies allowing gays and lesbians to serve in the military. Part of an emerging feminist scholarship in military studies, this work also explores how gender has been constructed to maintain the status quo and women's narrowly defined roles as the dependent helpmates of men.
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Female Soldiers--Combatants or Noncombatants? Historical and Contemporary Perspectives » Read Now
by Nancy Loring Goldman. 310 pgs.

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...Asia the record of the use of women in the military and their combat performance...concerning the utilization of women in the military. In the past, according to...societal...
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Question: Will Combat Roles for Women Downgrade Military Readiness?, in Insight on the News » Read Now
by Elaine Donnelly, Lillian A. Pfluke. 4 pgs.

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...William Perry opening new jobs for women in the military reaffirmed that women would not...is that those very few critics of women in the military are reduced to travesties...
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War and American Women: Heroism, Deeds, and Controversy » Read Now
by William B. Breuer. 258 pgs.

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Allowing women to serve in the military during wartime has been a subject of controversy since World War I, when, for the first time in history, thousands of American women volunteered, answering the same patriotic call to duty as the men. Unlike the men, however, these pioneers were targets of...
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Allowing women to serve in the military during wartime has been a subject of controversy since World War I, when, for the first time in history, thousands of American women volunteered, answering the same patriotic call to duty as the men. Unlike the men, however, these pioneers were targets of gossip and branded as "camp followers" by some. Since that time, some 3.5 million American women have served their country as spies, nurses, guerrillas, or war correspondents. Many of these volunteers were wounded or died in the line of duty, others suffered as prisoners of war - all with little or no recognition. War and American Women brings to life the compelling stories of the ordinary and extraordinary women who served their country in times of war.
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Women at War: The Story of Fifty Military Nurses Who Served in Vietnam » Read Now
by Elizabeth M. Norman. 214 pgs.

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...list I developed of 122 women who had served in the military as nurses in Vietnam...focused on Vietnam, women, and the military. In no way did I mean to...Fifteen years...
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A Time Remembered: American Women in the Vietnam War » Read Now
by Olga Gruhzit-Hoyt. 262 pgs.

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More than 10,000 women served alongside U.S. troops during the Vietnam War. They sacrificed and suffered, yet, for many years, their involvement has gone unnoticed. This is the story of these heroic women and the vital role they played.
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Women Marines in the Korean War Era » Read Now
by Peter A. Soderbergh. 174 pgs.

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This is the story of that small band of women who wore U.S. Marine uniforms during the Korean War. These women are a "lost generation" of women Marines who stepped into the breach between two wars and preserved the opportunity to be a Marine for those who were as yet unborn. They were, in fact, a...
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This is the story of that small band of women who wore U.S. Marine uniforms during the Korean War. These women are a "lost generation" of women Marines who stepped into the breach between two wars and preserved the opportunity to be a Marine for those who were as yet unborn. They were, in fact, a "thin green line"--and they stood fast, just like Marines are taught to do.
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Women Pilots of World War II » Read Now
by Jean Hascall Cole. 170 pgs.

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...The first women military pilots in the history of our...facts concerning the capabilities of women in highly specialized military flying jobs...about women--women who flew...
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They Called Them Angels: American Military Nurses of World War II » Read Now
by Kathi Jackson. 220 pgs.

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A topical presentation of firsthand accounts from some of the thousands of army and navy nurses who served both stateside and overseas during World War II, this book tells the stories of the brave women who used any and all resources to save as many lives as possible. Although military nurses could...
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A topical presentation of firsthand accounts from some of the thousands of army and navy nurses who served both stateside and overseas during World War II, this book tells the stories of the brave women who used any and all resources to save as many lives as possible. Although military nurses could have made more money as civilians, thousands chose to leave the warmth and security of home to care for the young men who went off to war. They were not saints but vibrant women whose performance changed the face of both military and civilian nursing. Jackson's account follows both army and navy nurses from the time they joined the military, through their active service, to their lives today.
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The Impact of Sexual Harassment on Military Personnel: Is It the Same for Men and Women?, in Military Psychology » Read Now
by Vicki J. Magley, Craig R. Waldo, Fritz Drasgow, Louise F. Fitzgerald. 20 pgs.

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...harassment in the military as well as...both men and women, is timely...men offended women, they were...to engage in sexist kinds...surprising given the military context...
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The Role of Women in the Armed Forces of NATO Countries: Military Constraints and Professional Identities, in Minerva: Quarterly Report on Women and the Military » Read Now
by Helena Carreiras. 12 pgs.

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...incentives. Especially for those women who remain in the military and proceed with their...not apply exclusively to the case of military women. In an analysis of the...
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Phyllis Schlafly's Battle against the ERA and Women in the Military, in Minerva: Quarterly Report on Women and the Military » Read Now
by David John Marley. 23 pgs.

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...Battle Against the ERA and Women in the Military(1) by David John Marley...the central concerns about women in the military. Schlaflys concerns about...pro-ERA movement...
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Lady GI: A Woman's War in the South Pacific the Memoir of Irene Brion » Read Now
by Irene Brion. 186 pgs.

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Private Brion was a recruit serving in the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps, the forerunner of the Women's Army Corps, throughout WW2. In this memoir she details what life was like in the American forces.