navy and marine corps women in world war I
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Ebbert, Jean
- Creator
- Hall, Marie-Beth
- Publish Year
- 2002
- Shelfmark
- B4068 - B
- Thesaurus
- militaire beroepen, eerste wereldoorlog
- Description
- This 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.