| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Foreword by Capt. Edward L. Beach, USN (Ret.); Preface; Acknowledgments; Part One: Yeomen (F) in World War I; 1. America's First Enlisted Women; Part Two: WAVES of World War II; 2. Once Again, a Time of Need; 3. The Navy's First Women Officers; 4. Recruitment and Training of Enlisted WAVES; 5. A Maturing Relationship; 6. Setting a New Course; Part Three: Women in the Regular Navy; 7. A Nucleus Is Launched and Tested; 8. 1953-63: Surviving the Peace; 9. Upheaval: Vietnam and Its Legacy; Part Four: Modern Navy Women |
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10. Sustaining a Volunteer Force11. Professional Advances: A Matter of Equity; 12. Women at Sea; 13. Women in Aviation; 14. The Gulf War and Tailhook; 15. Women in Combat Forces; 16. At Century's End; Notes; References; Index; Back Cover |
| Summary |
This new, revised edition of the path-breaking first history of the female members of the U.S. Navy has been updated to include the recent integration of Navy women into the crews of combaant shops and tactical aviation squadrons, and the contributions of Navy women to the space program. It is a comprehensive chronicle of inspirational service spanning nearly the entire century |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCOhost, viewed June 14, 2021) |
| Subject |
United States. Navy -- Women.
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| SUBJECT |
United States. Navy fast |
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Marine & Naval.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
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Armed Forces -- Women
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hall, Marie-Beth, author
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Beach, Edward L. (Edward Latimer), 1918-2002, writer of foreword.
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| ISBN |
9781612347295 |
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1612347290 |
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