TY - BOOK AU - Bell,Jerri AU - Crow,Tracy TI - It's my country too: women's military stories from the American Revolution to Afghanistan AV - UB418 .I876 2017 PY - 2017/// CY - Lincoln, NB PB - Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press KW - Women KW - United States KW - Armed Forces KW - Biography KW - Women and the military KW - Women soldiers KW - Electronic Books N1 - 1; 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; 2; b N2 - 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from their diaries, letters, oral histories, military depositions and testimonies, as well as from published and unpublished memoirs-generations of women reveal why and how they chose to serve their country, often breaking with social norms and at great personal peril UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1528595&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -