Mobilizing Minerva
Subtitle: American Women in the First World War
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: February 25, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780252074967
Subjects: American history: First World War; Civil rights & citizenship; Women's studies; First World War, 1914-1918; Social Science; Gender Studies; Sociology; USA; Military - World War I; United States - 20th Century; Women's Studies - General; Social Science / Women's Studies
Description: "American women did more than pursue roles as soldiers, doctors, and nurses during World War I. Mobilizing Minerva: American Women in the First World War reveals women's motivations for fighting for full citizenship rights both on and off the battlefield. The war provided chances for women to participate in the military, but also in other male-dominated career paths. Intense discussions of rape, methods of protecting women, and proper gender roles abound as Kimberly Jensen draws from rich case studies to show how female thinkers and activists wove wartime choices into long-standing debates about woman suffrage and economic parity. The war created new urgency in these debates, and Jensen forcefully presents the case of women participants and activists: women's involvement in the obligation of citizens to defend the state validated their right of full female citizenship"--Publisher description.