It's my country too : women's military stories from the American Revolution to Afghanistan / edited by Jerri Bell and Tracy Crow ; foreword by Kayla Williams.

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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. The American Revolution; 2. The Civil War; 3. The Spanish-American War; 4. World War I; 5. World War II; 6. Unconventional Operations, Espionage, and the Cold War; 7. Women's Integration and the Korean War; 8. The Vietnam War; 9. Gender Wars; 10. Desert Storm; 11. Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom; Epilogue; Conclusion; Source Acknowledgments; Bibliography; Further Reading.

This inspiring anthology it the first to convey the noteworthy experiences and contributions of women in the American military in their own words-from the Revolutionary War to the present wars in the Middle East. Serving with the Union Army during the Civil War as a nurse, scout, spy, and soldier, Harriet Tubman tells what it was like to be the first American woman to lead a raid against an enemy, freeing some 750 slaves. Busting gender stereotypes, Inga Fredriksen Ferris's describes how it felt to be a woman marine during World War II. Heidi Squier Kraft recounts her experiences as a lieutenant commander in the navy, deployed to Iraq as a psychologist to provide mental health care in a combat zone. In excerpts from their diaries, letters, oral histories, military depositions and testimonies, as well as from published and unpublished memoirs-generations of women reveal why and how they chose to serve their country, often breaking with social norms and at great personal peril.

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