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]
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".