| Description |
x, 309 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Women in the political economy |
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Women in the political economy.
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| Contents |
1. Soldiering: The Enemy Doesn't Care If You're Female / Rhonda Cornum -- 2. Duty, Honor, Country: If You're Straight / Virginia Solms -- 3. The Creation of Army Officers and the Gender Lie: Betty Grable or Frankenstein? / Billie Mitchell -- 4. Just the Facts, Ma'am / Judith Hicks Stiehm -- 5. The Military Woman's Vanguard: Nurses / Connie L. Reeves -- 6. From Underrepresentation to Overrepresentation: African American Women / Brenda L. Moore -- 7. Gender and Weapons Design / Nina Richman-Loo and Rachel Weber -- 8. Gender Ideology in the Ethics of Women in Combat / Lucinda Joy Peach -- 9. To Fight, to Defend, and to Preserve the Peace: The Evolution of the U.S. Military and the Role of Women Within It / M. C. Devilbiss -- 10. Pernicious Cohesion / Carol Burke -- 11. Telling the War Story / Susan Jeffords -- 12. Subverting the Gender and Military Paradigms / Miriam Cooke -- 13. The Civilian Mind / Judith Hicks Stiehm |
| Summary |
This collection includes extraordinary accounts by women on active duty, retired officers, civilians who have worked for the armed forces, and civilian academics. The book offers insights into a variety of pressing issues, including the status of minority women and lesbians in the military, women in combat, the role of gender in weapons design, and the changing mission of the military. Through personal accounts and commentaries, this book dispels many myths about women and the military and explores the reasons for the persistence of misconceptions in the face of increased female participation. This comprehensive effort unfolds the truth about women in the armed forces and is a wake-up call to those who feel that the military is irrelevant to women |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Women in combat -- United States.
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Armed Forces -- Women.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85139908
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| Author |
Stiehm, Judith
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| LC no. |
95049038 |
| ISBN |
1566394554 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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1566394562 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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