Glory in their spirit : how four black women took on the Army during World War II /

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"In 1945, four African American female privates who were members of the Women's Army Corps (WAC) participated in a strike at Fort Devens, Massachusetts, and opted to take a court martial rather than accept discriminatory work assignments. As the army prepared for the court-martial and civi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bolzenius, Sandra M., 1959- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Urbana, IL : University of Illinois Press, [2018]
Colección:Women, gender, and sexuality in American history.
Temas:
United States. > Army. > Women's Army Corps > History.
United States. > Army. > Women's Army Corps.
1900-1999
World War, 1939-1945 > Participation, African-American.
Trials (Military offenses) > United States > History > 20th century.
Strikes and lockouts > United States > History > 20th century.
African American soldiers > History > 20th century.
Women soldiers > United States > History > 20th century.
Race discrimination > United States > History > 20th century.
Sex discrimination against women > United States > History > 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 > Women > United States.
Procès (Délits militaires) > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Militaires noirs américains > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Discrimination à l'égard des femmes > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Femmes > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
African American soldiers.
Military participation > African American.
Race discrimination.
Sex discrimination against women.
Strikes and lockouts.
Trials (Military offenses)
Women.
Women soldiers.
Fort Devens (Mass.) > History > 20th century.
Massachusetts > Fort Devens.
United States.
History.
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Sumario:"In 1945, four African American female privates who were members of the Women's Army Corps (WAC) participated in a strike at Fort Devens, Massachusetts, and opted to take a court martial rather than accept discriminatory work assignments. As the army prepared for the court-martial and civil rights activists investigated the circumstances, competing commentaries in African American and mainstream newspapers ignited a passionate public response across the country. Indeed, the insurrection, now little remembered, became the most publicized and recorded protest of Black WACs during World War II as story of how four African American women pushed the army's segregation system to its breaking point. Drawing on relevant scholarship, archival work, newspaper responses to the strike, and interviews with the strikers or their families, Sandra Bolzenius shows how the strike at Ft. Devens demonstrates that army regulations prioritized white men, segregated African Americans, highlighted white women's femininity, and overlooked the presence of African American women. In drawing attention to these issues, this book is able to shed light on the experiences and agency of World War II Black WACs who resisted racial discrimination and asserted their entitlements as female military personnel, analyze military policies and their effects on Army personnel, particularly Black WACs, and investigate the Army's determination to maintain the existing social order through the strict segmentation of its troops based on race, gender, and rank."--Provided by publisher.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780252050381
025205038X

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