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Title:

A defense weapon known to be of value : servicewomen of the Korean War era / Linda Witt, Judith Bellafaire, Britta Granrud, and Mary Jo Binker.

Publisher:

University Press of New England in association with the Military Women's Press of the Women in Military Service for America Memorial Foundation,

Copyright Date:

c2005

Description:

xii, 320 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Korean War, 1950-1953--Women.
Women and the military--United States--History.
United States--History.--Women--History.

Other Authors:

Witt, Linda.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-297) and index.

Contents:

Women's place-- and the servicewoman's place-- in post-World War II America -- Servicewomen's integration: "prayerful assumption" versus "prevailing ambivalence" -- Recruiting and retaining "America's finest women" -- Fitting servicewomen in: finding "proper employment for sisters and girlfriends" -- A "woman imperative"? ; military necessity erodes old barriers -- "Needed in cadre"-- providing support around the world -- The nurses in Korea-- under fire and on the move -- Recurring issues relating to military women -- Conclusion: "the old dividing line".

ISBN:

9781584654728 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1584654724 (pbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)57675924

LCCN:

2005004389

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)