| Description |
xvii, 244 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-229) and index. |
| Contents |
Preface : "Mobilizing woman power" : in the First Wold War -- Prelude : The Washington, D.C., suffrage parade of 1913 -- Negotiating gender and citizenship : context for the First World War -- Gender and violence : context and experience in the era of the World War -- "Whether we vote or not--we are going to shoot" : women and armed defense on the home front -- "The fighting, biting, and scratching kind" : good girls, bad girls, and women's soldiering -- Uncle Sam's loyal nieces : women physicians, citizenship, and wartime military service -- Helping women who pay the "rapacious price" of war : women's medical units in France -- A base hospital is not a Coney Island dance hall : nurses, citizenship, hostile work environment, and military rank -- "Danger ahead for the counrty" : civic roles and safety for the consumer-civilian in postwar America. |
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Women -- United States.
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Women and war -- United States.
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Women -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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| ISBN |
9780252074967 (paper : alk. paper) |
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0252074963 (paper : alk. paper) |
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9780252032370 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0252032373 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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