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Author : Women Marines Association
Release : 1986*
Genre : Women veterans
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Book Synopsis WMA, the First 25 Years, 1960-1985 by : Women Marines Association
Download or read book WMA, the First 25 Years, 1960-1985 written by Women Marines Association. This book was released on 1986*. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jean Ebbert
Release : 2002
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis The First, the Few, the Forgotten by : Jean Ebbert
Download or read book The First, the Few, the Forgotten written by Jean Ebbert. This book was released on 2002. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Original in its focus, this ground-breaking book tells the story of the women who served in the military during World War I. Effectively shattering the misconception that women's military role in the war was limited to nursing, the authors recount that from 1917 to 1920, some 12,000 enlisted women served in the U.S. Naval Reserve and 305 in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve. Carefully researched and engagingly written, the book explores a surprising variety of military duties carried out by women, including a number of non-clerical, highly specialized billets. In their efforts to acknowledge the historical significance of the women's service and preserve a record of it, Jean Ebbert and Marie-Beth Hall address the Navy's official and unofficial responses to the women's presence and thoughtfully document the dilemmas of the time. While other books have been written about women in the military, this work is unique in its coverage of service women in World War I. Detailing their backgrounds, training, responsibilities, and personal and social challenges, it takes a hard look at the women who opened the door to women's future integration in the military. This is a significant work and a principal subject area for persons interested in the history of the military and in women's studies.
Author : Peter A. Soderbergh
Release : 1994-09-30
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Women Marines in the Korean War Era by : Peter A. Soderbergh
Download or read book Women Marines in the Korean War Era written by Peter A. Soderbergh. This book was released on 1994-09-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Author : Peter A. Soderbergh
Release : 1992-07-22
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Synopsis Women Marines by : Peter A. Soderbergh
Download or read book Women Marines written by Peter A. Soderbergh. This book was released on 1992-07-22. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The nexus of this study lies in the recollections of 146 Women Reservists who served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II and who were surveyed by Peter Soderbergh in 1990 and 1991. Soderbergh's purposes were (1) to gather primary data before it was lost; (2) to cast the women's experiences in the social context of their time; (3) to contrast the role of women in the armed forces of the 1940s with the role they play today; (4) to give these female pioneers a voice that speaks to current generations about values, relationships with male counterparts, patriotism, and competence; and (5) to provide a yardstick with which we may measure how much, if any, progress women have made in our patriarchal society over the past half-century. His study provides a social chronicle of a little-studied facet of U.S. military and women's history. The basic purpose of the book is to pay tribute to the women of the World War II generation who were courageous enough to join the newly created military auxiliaries. It is the only study of its kind done on Women Reservists in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II. There have been official histories written by female Marine officers, but this is the first social history. The oral histories of these women add a dimension to our understanding of what life was like for Women Reservists. These women, most of them now in their seventies, come alive as they share their experiences openly, express their feelings candidly, and remember the good war vividly. The book inccludes many vintage photographs from the 1943-1946 period. Women who have or are serving in the military and their families, those interested in women's studies, and students of the military will be especially interested in this volume.
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Release : 1985
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Download or read book 25th Anniversary, 1960-1985 written by . This book was released on 1985. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
