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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.
gay and lesbian veterans speak out
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Estes, Steve
- Publish Year
- 2007
- Shelfmark
- VS 53 2007
- Thesaurus
- militaire beroepen, krijgsmacht, homoseksualiteit, oorlog en vrede, historisch, Verenigde Staten, 20e eeuw, biografische gegevens
- Description
- History of gay and lesbian service in the U.S. military from World War II to the Iraq War. Drawing on more than 50 interviews with gay and lesbian veterans, Estes describes the evolution of policy toward homosexuals in the military over the past 65 years and the ways how silence about sexuality and military service has affected the identities of gay veterans.
America’s first women soldiers
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Cobbs, Elizabeth
- Publish Year
- 2017
- Shelfmark
- VS 52 2017
- Thesaurus
- militaire beroepen, telefonisten, pioniers, krijgsmacht, communicatie, eerste wereldoorlog, vrouwenkiesrecht, gelijke beloning, rechtspraak, Verenigde Staten, Frankrijk, 1910-1919, 1970-1979, 20e eeuw, onderzoek, biografische gegevens
- Description
- This book tells the story of the 223 women who served in the United States Army's Signal Corps in World War I as the first American women soldiers, such as Grace Barker and Merle Egan. General John Persing demanded female 'wire experts' to keep him connected with troops under fire as without communication the army would collapse. In 1918 they were deployed to France as operators of the telephone switchboard. The book reveals the challenges the women faced in a war zone with bombardments and male soldiers. The army discharged the last 'Hello girls' in 1920, only to be denied recognition as veterans and veterans' benefits while in the same year Congress ratified the Nineteenth Amendment granting the ballot and gave women the right to vote. The women began a sixty-year battle that a handful of survivors carried to triumph in 1979.
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Dean, Donna M.
- Publish Year
- 1997
- Shelfmark
- VS 53 1997 - B
- Description
- Aandacht voor de traumatiserende ervaringen van vrouwelijke veteranen in de VS, ten gevolge van sexisme, seksuele intimidatie en haat tegen lesbische vrouwen en andere militaire schandalen.
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