Her cold war : women in the U.S. military, 1945-1980 /

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"While Rosie the Riveter had fewer paid employment options after being told to cede her job to returning World War II veterans, her sisters and daughters found new work opportunities in national defense. The 1948 Women's Armed Services Integration Act created permanent military positions f...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Roth, Tanya L. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2021]
Subjects:
1900-1999
Women soldiers > United States > History > 20th century.
Sex role > United States > History > 20th century.
Sex discrimination against women > United States.
Rôle selon le sexe > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Discrimination à l'égard des femmes > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies
Sex discrimination against women.
Sex role.
Women soldiers.
Warfare & defence.
Warfare and Defence.
United States.
Electronic books.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • A shared responsibility : defining sexual integration in the early Cold War. A nucleus of women in a nuclear age
  • The real Miss America : recruiting womanpower
  • You in the service : training Uncle Sam's nieces
  • The possibilities and problems of wielding womanpower. Unequaled in the civilian world : working for Uncle Sam
  • The possibility of maternity : motherhood and military service
  • Top secret and obscene : sex and the American servicewoman
  • Integration is not enough : changes from within and without. Catalysts for womanpower : the Defense Advisory Committee on women in the services
  • Battling for equality : challenging military limitations
  • Reimagining equality
  • Second-class soldiers.

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