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It's my country too : women's military stories from the American Revolution to Afghanistan / edited by Jerri Bell and Tracy Crow ; foreword by Kayla Williams.

Bell, Jerri, (editor.). Crow, Tracy, (editor.).

Summary:

This inspiring anthology is the first to convey the noteworthy experiences and contributions of women in the American military in their own words-from the Revolutionary War to the present wars in the Middle East. Serving with the Union Army during the Civil War as a nurse, scout, spy, and soldier, Harriet Tubman tells what it was like to be the first American woman to lead a raid against an enemy, freeing some 750 slaves. Busting gender stereotypes, Inga Fredriksen Ferris's describes how it felt to be a woman marine during World War II. Heidi Squier Kraft recounts her experiences as a lieutenant commander in the navy, deployed to Iraq as a psychologist to provide mental health care in a combat zone. In excerpts from their diaries, letters, oral histories, military depositions and testimonies, as well as from published and unpublished memoirs-generations of women reveal why and how they chose to serve their country, often breaking with social norms and at great personal peril.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781612348315
  • ISBN: 1612348319
  • Physical Description: xxi, 330 pages, 22 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: Lincoln, NB : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, [2017]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Subject:
Women and the military > United States.
Women soldiers > United States > Biography.
United States > Armed Forces > Women > Biography.
Genre:
Biographies.

Available copies

  • 3 of 3 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 0 of 0 copies available at McDowell County Public Library.

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Cleveland County Main Library 355.009 ITS (Text) 22281500133589 Adult Nonfiction Available -
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