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02846aam a2200481 i 4500 001 35EBCC4A607E11E798DDF5E1DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20170704010038 008 161209s2017 nbuaf c b 000 0ceng 010 $a 2016054040 020 $a 1612348319 020 $a 9781612348315 035 $a (OCoLC)962232942 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d BTCTA $d BDX $d OCLCF $d OCLCQ $d ERASA $d OCLCQ $d YDX $d YDX $d OCLCO $d JUH $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 245 00 $a It's my country too : $b women's military stories from the American Revolution to Afghanistan / $c edited by Jerri Bell & Tracy Crow ; foreword by Kayla Williams. 246 30 $a Women's military stories from the American Revolution to Afghanistan 264 1 $a [Lincoln] : $b Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, $c [2017] 300 $a xxi, 330 pages, 22 unnumbered pages of plates ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 520 8 $a This inspiring anthology it 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from their diaries, letters, oral histories, military depositions and testimonies, as well as from published and unpublished memoirs-generations of women reveal why and how they chose to serve their country, often breaking with social norms and at great personal peril. 651 0 $a United States $x Armed Forces $v Biography. 650 0 $a Women and the military. 650 0 $a Women soldiers $v Biography. 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Politics & Government. $2 local 655 7 $a Nonfiction. $2 local 700 1 $a Bell, Jerri, $e editor. 700 1 $a Crow, Tracy, $e editor. 941 $a 11 952 $l GZPE631 $d 20240305013844.0 952 $l GEPG771 $d 20210722054533.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006110154.0 952 $l OPAX566 $d 20180912010248.0 952 $l HWAX074 $d 20180524044730.0 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20180120011333.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20171026010443.0 952 $l VOPB384 $d 20171014011423.0 952 $l GAAX314 $d 20170902010030.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20170901010156.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20170802030751.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=35EBCC4A607E11E798DDF5E1DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search