It's My Country Too: Women's Military Stories from the American Revolution to Afghanistan by Bell, Jerri

It's My Country Too: Women's Military Stories from the American Revolution to Afghanistan (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781612348315)

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It's My Country Too: Women's Military Stories from the American Revolution to Afghanistan by Bell, Jerri

It's My Country Too: Women's Military Stories from the American Revolution to Afghanistan

$32.95
It's My Country Too: Women's Military Stories from the American Revolution to Afghanistan by Bell, Jerri

It's My Country Too: Women's Military Stories from the American Revolution to Afghanistan

$32.95
Format: Hardcover
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This inspiring anthology is the first to convey the rich 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, Josette Dermody Wingo enlisted as a gunner's mate in the navy in World War II to teach sailors to fire Oerlikon anti-aircraft guns. Marine Barbara Dulinsky recalls serving under fire in Saigon during the Tet Offensive of 1968, and Brooke King describes the aftermath of her experiences outside the wire with the army in Operation Iraqi Freedom. In excerpts from their diaries, letters, oral histories, and pension depositions--as well as from published and unpublished memoirs--generations of women reveal why and how they chose to serve their country, often breaking with social norms, even at great personal peril.



Author: Jerri Bell
ISBN-10: 1612348319
ISBN-13: 9781612348315
Publisher: Potomac Books
Language: English
Published: 07/01/2017
Pages: 376
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.55lbs
Size: 8.87h x 6.41w x 1.35d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 05/01/2017
Library Journal 06/01/2017 pg. 116
By Jerri Bell
By Jerri Bell
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Jerri Bell is a retired naval officer and the managing editor of O-Dark-Thirty, the literary journal of the Veterans Writing Project. Tracy Crow is a former Marine Corps officer and the author of Eyes Right: Confessions from a Woman Marine (Nebraska, 2012) and On Point: A Guide to Writing the Military Story (Potomac Books, 2015). Kayla Williams served in the U.S. Army for five years and is the author of Love My Rifle More Than You: Young and Female in the U.S. Army and Plenty of Time When We Get Home: Love and Recovery in the Aftermath of War.

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