Crossed Currents: Navy Women in a Century of Change
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Main Author: Ebbert, Jean (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Dulles, Potomac Books Inc. 2014
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Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Foreword by Capt. Edward L. Beach, USN (Ret.); Preface; Acknowledgments; Part One: Yeomen (F) in World War I; 1. America's First Enlisted Women; Part Two: WAVES of World War II; 2. Once Again, a Time of Need; 3. The Navy's First Women Officers; 4. Recruitment and Training of Enlisted WAVES; 5. A Maturing Relationship; 6. Setting a New Course; Part Three: Women in the Regular Navy; 7. A Nucleus Is Launched and Tested; 8. 1953-63: Surviving the Peace; 9. Upheaval: Vietnam and Its Legacy; Part Four: Modern Navy Women
10. Sustaining a Volunteer Force11. Professional Advances: A Matter of Equity; 12. Women at Sea; 13. Women in Aviation; 14. The Gulf War and Tailhook; 15. Women in Combat Forces; 16. At Century's End; Notes; References; Index; Back Cover
This new, revised edition of the path-breaking first history of the female members of the U.S. Navy has been updated to include the recent integration of Navy women into the crews of combaant shops and tactical aviation squadrons, and the contributions of Navy women to the space program. It is a comprehensive chronicle of inspirational service spanning nearly the entire century
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (633 p.)
ISBN:1612347290
9781612347295

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