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Summary: The Marine Corps continues to be the only service where men and women train separately in boot camp or basic training. This segregation negatively affects interaction with male marines later on, and, lower expectations of female recruits are actively maintained and encouraged. But Lieutenant Colonel Kate Germano arrived at the Fourth Recruit Training Battalion at Parris Island--which...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Prometheus Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GERMANO, KATE GERGoldsmith, Connie
Summary: "In 2015 the Pentagon changed a historical ruling, allowing American women to serve in front-line ground combat troops. Women have served in the military throughout history. Yet no matter their title, they face discrimination and even sexual assault. Meet the women who serve their country and stand up for fairness."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twenty-First Century Books 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 920 GOLBhagwati, Anuradha Kristina
Summary: "A raw, unflinching, and inspirational memoir by a former United States Marine Captain describing her journey from dutiful daughter of immigrants to wide-eyed recruit to radical activist dedicated to effecting historic policy reform in the military. Aftera lifetime of buckling to the demands of her strict Indian parents, Anuradha Bhagwati abandons her grad school career at Harvard University to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BHAGWATI, ANURADHA KRISTINA BHASummary: 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press 2017