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It's my country too : women's military stories from the American Revolution to Afghanistan Cover Image

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.

Women's military stories from the American Revolution to Afghanistan (portion title)

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from their diaries, letters, oral histories, military depositions and testimonies, as well as from published and unpublished memoirs-generations of women reveal why and how they chose to serve their country, often breaking with social norms and at great personal peril.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]
Copyright: ©2017.