A defense weapon known to be of value
Subtitle: servicewomen of the Korean War era
By: Linda Witt, Judith Bellafaire, Britta Granrud, and Mary Jo Binker.
Contributors: Witt, Linda.
Publisher: University Press of New England in association with the Military Women's Press of the Women in Military Service for America Memorial Foundation
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Hanover
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
Subjects: Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Women.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-297) and index.
Table of contents: title: Women's place; title: and the servicewoman's place; title: in post-World War II America; title: Servicewomen's integration: "prayerful assumption" versus "prevailing ambivalence"; title: Recruiting and retaining "America's finest women"; title: Fitting servicewomen in: finding "proper employment for sisters and girlfriends"; title: A "woman imperative"? ; military necessity erodes old barriers; title: "Needed in cadre"; title: providing support around the world; title: The nurses in Korea; title: under fire and on the move; title: Recurring issues relating to military women; title: Conclusion: "the old dividing line".