American women and World War I
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Dumenil, Lynn
- Publish Year
- 2017
- Shelfmark
- VS 1F 2017 - B
- Thesaurus
- eerste wereldoorlog, betaalde arbeid, vrouwenkiesrecht, vredesbeweging, etniciteit, vrouwenorganisaties, Verenigde Staten, 1910-1919
- Description
- Telling the stories of a diverse group of women, including African Americans, dissidents, pacifists, reformers, and industrial workers, Dumenil analyzes both the roadblocks and opportunities they faced. She explores the ways in which women helped the United States mobilize for the largest military endeavor in the nation's history. Dumenil shows how women activists staked their claim to loyal citizenship by framing their war work as homefront volunteers, overseas nurses, factory laborers, and support personnel as 'the second line of defense.'