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Author | : Eunice Cecelia Dessez |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 106 |
Release | : 1955 |
Genre | : World War, 1914-1918 |
ISBN | : |
A lost chapter in the military history of the United States of America is brought to light by former Chief Yeoman (F), Eunice C. Dessez, USNRF, of Washington, D.C. ... Miss Dessez has recorded the facts she had preserved, substantiated by documents, in order that posterity might know something of the war experiences of those more than eleven thousand women who volunteered to serve their country in World War I.
Author | : Linda L. Hewitt |
Publisher | : CreateSpace |
Total Pages | : 92 |
Release | : 2014-06-04 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781499779837 |
The history of the first women to serve in the Marine Corps is a fascinating record of the dedication and drive of American women during World War I. The purpose of this monograph is to tell the story of the small band of women who answered the Corps' call for volunteers in 1918 with patriotism and enthusiasm. A former Director of Women Marines, Colonel Jeanette I. Sustad, USHC (Ret.) originated the project of compiling data for a history of women Marines who served in World War I. In 1971, she asked various members of the Women Marines Association to interview surviving veterans throughout the country. A questionnaire designed to guide the interviewers as well as background information on the service of women Marines in the 1918-1919 period was developed by Lieutenant Colonel Pat Meid, USMCR. Lieutenant Colonel Meid, who authored the official history, Marine Corps Women's Reserve in World War II, originally published in 1964, accumulated considerable material on the earlier group of women Marines during her research. This was all made available to the author of this monograph. The interviews conducted during 1971-1972, 29 in number, form a valuable archive of personal experiences of these pioneer women Marines. They have been used to supplement the official records which are sparse and elusive. Muster rolls of the time were checked exhaustively in compiling a roster of women who served, but it proved impossible to discover all the names making up the 305 women who were enlisted as Marine .Corps Reserve (F). Much information was gleaned from contemporary magazine and newspaper articles, particularly from Leatherneck, Marine Corps Gazette, The Marine Magazine, Recruiter's Bulletin, and the New York and Washington daily newspapers. A small but useful collection of Women Marine memorabilia, including photographs, letters, and clippings, was donated by various individuals as a result of publicity about the project.
Author | : Regina T. Akers |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2019 |
Genre | : World War, 1914-1918 |
ISBN | : 9781943604357 |
History of the First Enlisted Women during World War I.
Author | : Elizabeth Cobbs |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 401 |
Release | : 2019-04-13 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0674237439 |
In 1918 the U.S. Army Signal Corps sent 223 women to France to help win World War I. Elizabeth Cobbs reveals the challenges these patriotic young women faced in a war zone where male soldiers resented, wooed, mocked, saluted, and ultimately celebrated them. Back on the home front, they fought the army for veterans’ benefits and medals, and won.
Author | : Jean Ebbert |
Publisher | : US Naval Institute Press |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Original in its focus, this ground-breaking book tells the story of the women who served in the military during World War I. Effectively shattering the misconception that women's military role in the war was limited to nursing, the authors recount that from 1917 to 1920, some 12,000 enlisted women served in the U.S. Naval Reserve and 305 in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve. Carefully researched and engagingly written, the book explores a surprising variety of military duties carried out by women, including a number of non-clerical, highly specialized billets. In their efforts to acknowledge the historical significance of the women's service and preserve a record of it, Jean Ebbert and Marie-Beth Hall address the Navy's official and unofficial responses to the women's presence and thoughtfully document the dilemmas of the time. While other books have been written about women in the military, this work is unique in its coverage of service women in World War I. Detailing their backgrounds, training, responsibilities, and personal and social challenges, it takes a hard look at the women who opened the door to women's future integration in the military. This is a significant work and a principal subject area for persons interested in the history of the military and in women's studies.
Author | : George Catlett Marshall |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 312 |
Release | : 1976 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : |
George C. Marshall was an American military leader, Chief of Staff of the Army, Secretary of State, and the third Secretary of Defense. Once noted as the "organizer of victory" by Winston Churchill for his leadership of the Allied victory in World War II, Marshall served as the United States Army Chief of Staff during the war and as the chief military adviser to President Franklin D. Roosevelt. As Secretary of State, his name was given to the Marshall Plan, for which he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1953. He drafted this manuscript while he was in Washington, D.C., between 1919 and 1924 as aide-de-camp to General of the Armies John J. Pershing. However, given the growing bitterness of the "memoirs wars" of the period he decided against publication, and the draft sat unused until the 1970s when Marshall's step-daughter and her husband decided to publish it.
Author | : Lynn Dumenil |
Publisher | : UNC Press Books |
Total Pages | : 357 |
Release | : 2017-02-07 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1469631229 |
In tracing the rise of the modern idea of the American "new woman," Lynn Dumenil examines World War I's surprising impact on women and, in turn, women's impact on the war. Telling the stories of a diverse group of women, including African Americans, dissidents, pacifists, reformers, and industrial workers, Dumenil analyzes both the roadblocks and opportunities they faced. She richly explores the ways in which women helped the United States mobilize for the largest military endeavor in the nation's history. Dumenil shows how women activists staked their claim to loyal citizenship by framing their war work as homefront volunteers, overseas nurses, factory laborers, and support personnel as "the second line of defense." But in assessing the impact of these contributions on traditional gender roles, Dumenil finds that portrayals of these new modern women did not always match with real and enduring change. Extensively researched and drawing upon popular culture sources as well as archival material, The Second Line of Defense offers a comprehensive study of American women and war and frames them in the broader context of the social, cultural, and political history of the era.
Author | : Elaine F. Weiss |
Publisher | : Potomac Books, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 353 |
Release | : 2008-12 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1597972738 |
The women who kept the farms going while the soldiers were Over There
Author | : Michael Howard |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 161 |
Release | : 2007-01-25 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0199205590 |
This Very Short Introduction provides a concise and insightful history of the Great War--from the state of Europe in 1914, to the role of the US, the collapse of Russia, and the eventual surrender of the Central Powers. Examining how and why the war was fought, as well as the historical controversies that still surround the war, Michael Howard also looks at how peace was ultimately made, and describes the potent legacy of resentment left to Germany.
Author | : Jonathan D. Bratten |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2020 |
Genre | : |
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