women's military stories from the American revolution to Afghanistan
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Bell, Jerri > (ed.)
- Creator
- Crow, Tracy > (ed.)
- Creator
- Williams, Kayla > (forew.)
- Publish Year
- 2017
- Shelfmark
- VS 54 2020
- Thesaurus
- militaire beroepen, krijgsmacht, oorlog en vrede, pioniers, biografische gegevens, Verenigde Staten, 18e eeuw, 19e eeuw, 20e eeuw, 21e eeuw
- Description
- This volume contains historical narratives about the contributions of women in the American military, from the American Revolution to the present wars in the Middle East. Based on diaries, letters, oral histories and memoirs, these women reveal why and how they chose to serve their country. For example, Harriet Tubman (1820-1913) tells her experiences as the first American woman to lead an invasion, freeing some 750 slaves. Linda Bray (1960-) tells about her leading of troops into combat during the war in Panama in the 1980s.