Women in the Armed Services - March 2005

• Books And Documents
• Periodicals
• Media
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BOOKS AND DOCUMENTS

REF HQ 1410 .E53 2002 v. 1-3
Appleby, Joyce Oldham et al. Encyclopedia of Women in American History. Armonk, NY, Sharpe Reference, 2002.

Q 180 .A1 R36 MR1381 2002
Beckett, Megan K. and Chiaying Sandy Chien. The Status of Gender Integration in the Military: Supporting Appendices. Santa Monica, CA: Rand, 2002.

UB 418 .W65 B74 1997
Breuer, William B. War and American Women: Heroism, Deeds, and Controversy. Westport, CT: Praeger, 1997.

LC 212.862 .B75 2000
Brodie, Laura Fairchild. Breaking Out: VMI and the Coming of Women. NY: Pantheon Books, 2000.

D 790 .C272 1999
Carl, Ann. A WASP Among Eagles: A Woman Military Test Pilot in World War II. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1999.

E 181 .W273 2001
Carroll, Andrew. War Letters: Extraordinary Correspondence from American Wars. New York: Scribner, 2001.

HD 8039 .F5 W6 1998
Conference on Women in Uniform et al. Women in Uniform: Exploding the Myths, Exploring the Facts. Washington: Women’s Research & Education Institute, 1998.

UB 418 .W65 G46 1999
D’Amico, Francine and Laurie Lee Weinstein. Gender Camouflage: Women and the U.S. Military. New York: New York University Press, 1999.

D 25.5 .D44
De Pauw, Linda Grant. Battle Cries and Lullabies: Women in War from Prehistory to the Present. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1998.

V 415 .P1 D57 1998
Disher, Sharon Hanley. First Class: Women Join the Ranks at the Naval Academy. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1998.

D 639 .W7 E23 2002
Ebbert, Jean and Marie-Beth Hall. The First, the Few, the Forgotten: Navy and Marine Corps Women in World War I. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2002.

UB 418 .W65 F458 2001
Fenner, Lorry M. and Marie DeYoung. Women in Combat: Civic Duty or Military Liability? Washington: Georgetown University Press, 2001.

VB 324 .W65 G63 2001
Godson, Susan H. Serving Proudly: A History of Women in the U.S. Navy. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2001.

U 21.5 .G65 2001
Goldstein, Joshua S. War and Gender: How Gender Shapes the War System and Vice Versa. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001.

UA 23 .G944 2000
Gutmann, Stephanie. The Kinder, Gentler Military: Can America’s Gender-Neutral Fighting Force Still Win Wars? New York: Scribner, 2000.

Q 180 .A1 R36 MR1380 2002
Harrell, Margaret C. et al. The Status of Gender Integration in the Military: Analysis of Selected Occupations. Santa Monica, CA: Rand, 2002.

D 810 .W7 I522 1998
Holm, Jeanne M. and Judith Bellafaire. In Defense of a Nation: Servicewomen in World War II. Arlington, VA: Vandamere Press; Washington: Military Women’s Press, 1998.

Q 180 .A1 R36 MR1184 2001
Hosek, Susan D. et al. Minority and Gender Differences in Officer Career Progression. Santa Monica, CA: Rand, 2001.

U 53 .K455 A3 2001
Kennedy, Claudia J. and McConnell, Malcolm. Generally Speaking. New York: Warner Books, 2001.

UA 565 .W6 K68 2001
Kovach, Karen. Breaking Codes, Breaking Barriers: The WACS of the Signal Security Agency, World War II. Fort Belvoir, VA: U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command History Office, 2001.

E 628. L45 1999
Leonard, Elizabeth D. All the Daring of the Soldier: Women of the Civil War Armies. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1999.

D 810 .S7 M375 1998
McIntosh, Elizabeth P. Sisterhood of Spies: The Women of the OSS. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1998.

UB 414 .A47 M66 1996
Moore, Brenda L. To Serve My Country, to Serve My Race: The Story of the Only African American WACS Stationed Overseas during World War II. New York: New York University Press, 1996.

UB 418 .W65 M68 1999
Morale in the Military in War and Peace and Gender, Public Policy and the State: Women in the Military. Wilmington, DE: The Bagehot Council, 1999.

UB 418 .W65 N38 2004
Nathan, Amy. Count on Us: American Women in the Military. Washington: National Geographic Society, 2004.

REF E 181 .N88 2002
Norton, Bruce H. Encyclopedia of American War Heroes. New York: Facts On File, 2002.

REF U 52 .A44 2003 v. 1-2
Pennington, Reina. And Robin Higham, eds. Amazons to Fighter Pilots: A Biographical Dictionary of Military Women. New York: William Morrow, 2004.

MCN E 176 .R63
Roberts, Cokie. Founding Mothers: the Women who Raised our Nation. New York: William Morrow, 2004.

UB 418 .W65 S56 1999
Skaine, Rosemarie. Women at War: Gender Issues of Americans in Combat. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, 1999.

E 185.97 .W694 T83 2002
Tucker, Phillip Thomas. Cathy Williams: From Slave to Buffalo Soldier. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2002.

UB 418 .W64 W66 2002
U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences. Women in the U.S. Army: An Annotated Bibliography. Washington: GPO, 2002.

HD 6060.3 .U44 2004
U.S. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Total Force Subcommittee. The Final Report of the Panel to Review Sexual Misconduct Allegations at the U.S. Air Force Academy. Hearing…108^th Congress, 1^st Session. Washington: GPO, 2004.

UB418 .W65 U565 1992
United States. Presidential Commission on the Assignment of Women in the Armed Forces and Herres, Robert T. The Presidential Commission on the Assignment of Women in the Armed Forces: Report to the President, November 15, 1992. Washington: GPO, 2002.

UB 416 .V36 2001
Van Creveld, Martin L. Men, Women, and War. London: Cassell & Co., 2001.

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Periodicals

Auchmutey, Jim. "War in the Gulf: Special Coverage: Women at War; G.I. Jane Fights Her Way into the Service—and Danger." Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Mar. 30, 2003, p.1D. Available in Lexis-Nexis.

Babin, Chance C. "All in the Family: The Reserves’ First Woman B-52 Pilot Comes from a Long Line of Bomber Drivers." Citizen Airmen, vol. 56, no. 4, pp. 14-17. Available in InfoTrac.

Brinkley, C. Mark. "Engendering Integration." Marine Corps Times, vol. 5, no. 8, Mar. 3, 2003, pp. 14-15.

Brower, J. Michael. "De Facto to Women Warriors." Armed Forces Journal, vol. 141, no. 1, Aug. 2003, p. 8.

Colarusso, Laura M. "Academy Post for McSally." Air Force Times, vol. 64, no. 15, Nov. 3, 2003, p. 8.

"Combat for G.I. Janes in Iraq? Christian Science Monitor, Jan. 27, 2005, p. 8. Available in Lexis-Nexis.

Dorr, Robert F. "Integrating Women into the Fleet was No Overnight Success." Navy Times, v. 53, no. 14, Jan. 5, 2004, pp. 36-37.

Ellis, Tremeshia. "Old Guard Selects First Woman to Command Tomb Sentinels." Military Police, Oct. 2004, p. 32.

Fenner, Lorry M. "Either You Need These Women or You Do Not: Informing the Debate on Military Service and Citizenship." Women in the Military, Jan. 1, 2001, pp. 5-31. Available in EBCSOHost’s Military and Government Collection.

Guadiano, Nicole. "McSally in Command." Air Force Times, vol. 65, no. 2, Aug. 2, 2004, p. 12. (includes list of pioneering women).

Kaupisch, Elissa. "The Women who Served." American Legion, vol. 155, no. 3, Sept. 2003, pp. 26-27. Available in EBSCOHost’s Military and Government Collection.

Ledford, Tranette. "Women at War." Army Times, vol. 64, no. 18, Nov. 24, 2003, pp. 18-19.

Lubold, Gorden et al. "Coed Combat." Air Force Times, vol. 65, no. 4, Aug. 16, 2004, p. 27.

Miller, Laura L. "Feminism and the Exclusion of Army Women in Combat." Women in the Military, Jan. 1, 2001, pp. 103-133. Available in EBSCOHost’s Military and Government Collection.

O’Beirne, Kate. "A New Horror of War." National Review, vol. 55, no. 7, Apr. 21, 2003, pp. 24-26.

---------- "An Army of Jessicas." National Review, vol. 55, no. 9, May 19, 2003, pp. 40-42.

O’Neill, William L. "Women and Readiness." Women in the Military, Jan. 1, 2001. pp. 171-195. Available in EBSCOHost’s Military and Government Collection.

Owens, Mackubin Thomas. "GI Janes, By Stealth." National Review, vol. 56, no. 24, Dec. 27, 2004, p. 24 +.

Roberts, James. "They Also Served." World & I, vol. 19, no. 5, May 2004, pp. 160-169. Available in EBSCOHost’s Military and Government Collection.

"Rumsfeld Defends Women in Military." Congress Daily AM, May 18, 2004, pp. 15-16. Available in EBSCOHost’s Military and Government Collection.

Snyder, R. Claire. "The Citizen-Soldier Tradition and Gender Integration of the U.S. Military." Armed Forces & Society, vol. 29, no. 2, Winter 2003, pp. 185-204.

U.S. Dept. of Defense. Women Aviators Finally Fill Cockpits of Military Aircraft. Mar. 19, 2003. Available in Lexis-Nexis.

Walker, Nicole. "Vernice Armour, 1^st Black Female Combat Pilot, Serves in Persian Gulf as Family Copes." Jet, vol. 103, no. 16, p 6. Available in Lexis-Nexis.

Additional articles on women in the armed services can be found by searching EBSCOHost, Infotrac, Lexis-Nexis, and Proquest Direct.

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Media

AVFL 337 (Videorecording)
Free a Man to Fight: Women Soldiers of World War II. Falls Church, VA: Landmark Media, Inc., 1999.

AVFL 72 (Videorecording)
In Defense of a Nation: Servicewomen in World War II. Washington, 1992.

MCN Audio W34
War Letters: Extraordinary Correspondence from American Wars. New York: Simon Schuster Audio, 2001.

AVFL 271 v. 8 (Videorecording)
Women Spies in WWII: Sworn to Secrecy. Alexandria, VA: Time-Life Video, 1999.

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Web Sites

"Can Women Become Generals or Admirals?"
http://coelacanth.aug.com/captbarb/stars.html

U.S. Department of Defense. Defend America. "Why I Serve."
http://www.defendamerica.mil/WhyIServe.html

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