It's my country too :  women's military stories from the American Revolution to Afghanistan / 
 Women's military stories from the American Revolution to Afghanistan 
edited by Jerri Bell and Tracy Crow ; foreword by Kayla Williams. 
 - Lincoln, NB :  Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press,  (c)2017. 
 - 1 online resource 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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from their diaries, letters, oral histories, military depositions and testimonies, as well as from published and unpublished memoirs-generations of women reveal why and how they chose to serve their country, often breaking with social norms and at great personal peril. 
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<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2016057132 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Women--Armed Forces--United States--Biography.<br/>Women and the military--United States.<br/>Women soldiers--United States--Biography.<br/>Women and the military.<br/>Women soldiers--Biography.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>UB418  / .I876 2017