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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.

Publication Info. Hanover : University Press of New England in association with the Military Women's Press of the Women in Military Service for America Memorial Foundation, [2005]
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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  951.9042 D313D    Check Shelf
Description xii, 320 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 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".
Subject Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Women.
United States -- Armed Forces -- Women -- History.
Women and the military -- United States -- History.
Added Author Witt, Linda.
ISBN 1584654716 cloth alkaline paper
1584654724 paperback alkaline paper
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