women soldiers

Presents photographs and personal narratives that provide information about the role of American women on the battlefield, from the Revolutionary War through Operation Desert Storm.

Sarah Emma Edmonds recounts her experiences as a soldier during the Civil War and how, disguised as a man, she fought with the Second Michigan Infantry from the First Battle of Bull Run in 1861 to the Kentucky Campaign of 1863.

Twenty-five women describe their experiences in combat, reflect on the effects of war on their lives, and relate their feelings about what they have lived through.

A memoir in which Grace Porter, a twenty-one-year-old teacher in 1942, tells about her adventures after she volunteered to join the Women's Army Corps and was sent overseas to serve as a cryptographic technician stationed in London.

A study of the lives of the sovereign women who have led their nations in war.

Polly Perks, fearing that the national deity's decree against female ownership of a business is going to cause her to lose the family's inn, disguises herself as a man in order to join the military and find her brother who she fears has been killed in Borogravia's latest war.

Discusses how female soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines have fought on the front lines in Iraq despite the military's official stance on women in combat, covering the physical wounds and pervasive psychological toll of having been in battle while readjusting to civilian life.

Presents the memoirs of Valerie Zenatti, who at eighteen, enlisted in the Israeli army, endured harsh conditions and surroundings, and participated in top secret missions for the Israeli Secret Service, and describes her French-Jewish heritage and personal struggles.

Account of women's experience in the military during World War II.

A collection of poems written from the perspective of women who experienced the Vietnam War first hand.