It's my country too :: women's military stories from the American Revolution to Afghanistan /

This anthology conveys 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 wha...

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Weitere Verfasser: Bell, Jerri (HerausgeberIn), Crow, Tracy (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Lincoln, NB : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, [2017]
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Zusammenfassung:This anthology conveys 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 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from their diaries, letters, oral histories, military depositions, and testimonies, as well as from published and unpublished memoirs, generations of women reveal why and how they chose to serve their country, often breaking with social norms and at great personal peril.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xxi, 330 pages) : illustrations (black and white)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages [323]-330).
ISBN:9781612349343
161234934X
9781612349350
1612349358
9781612349367
1612349366
9781640122321
164012232X

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