Women of action

One of just a handful of women reporting on the Vietnam War, Kate Webb was captured by North Vietnamese troops and presumed dead?until she emerged from the jungle waving a piece of white parachute material after 23 days in captivity. Le Ly Hayslip enjoyed a peaceful early childhood in a Vietnamese farming village before war changed her life forever. Brutalized by all sides, she escaped to the United States, where she eventually founded two humanitarian organizations. Lynda Van Devanter was an idealistic young nurse in 1969 when a plane carrying her and 350 men landed in South Vietnam. Her harrowing experiences working in a combat zone hospital would later serve as inspiration for the TV series China Beach. In these pages readers meet these and other brave women and girls who served in life-threatening roles as medics, journalists, resisters, and revolutionaries in the conflict in Vietnam. Author Kathryn J. Atwood presents a clear introduction to each of five chronological sections, guiding readers through the social and political turmoil that spanned two decades and the tenure of five US presidents. Each woman's story unfolds in a suspenseful, engaging way, incorporating plentiful original source materials, quotes, and photographs. Resources for further study, source notes and a bibliography, and a helpful map and glossary round out this exploration of one of modern history's most divisive wars, making it an invaluable addition to any student's or history buff's bookshelf.

Presents a profile of sixteen women war correspondents and photojournalists.

World War II resistance fighter Pearl Witherington Cornioley describes her experiences as a special agent for the British Special Operations Executive (SOE).

A profile of 21 women who have dedicated their lives to medicine, daring to inspire in the belief of both science and compassion.

Chronicles the life and career of dancer and entertainer Josephine Baker, discussing her participation in the civil rights movement, her espionage work in World War II and the adoption of her twelve children.

Looks at the life of American educator and abolitionist, Myrtilla Miner who opened the "School for Colored Girls" in 1851.

"Highlights 16 . . . women who have fought for human rights, civil rights, workers' rights, reproductive/sexual rights, and world peace"--Provided by publisher.

Profiles twenty women and girls who made notable contributions during the American Revolution as spies, soldiers, nurses, water carriers, fundraisers, writers, couriers, and more. Includes excerpts from primary source documents, contextualizing sidebars, images, and source notes.

Profiles of female builders and designers, focusing on the strengths, passions, and interests each woman had growing up, where those traits took them, and what they achieved.

Examines the life of female World War II pilot Gertrude "Tommy" Tompkins, the only one of thirty-eight confirmed or presumed dead "WASPs," female pilots serving to transport planes across the country so they could be shipped out to either the Pacific or European theaters of the war, whose body is still unfound. Tracks Gertrude's life from her early struggles with a stutter and the social shame that came with it, her marriage to a pilot that ended with his death in Holland, her decision to become a pilot, and her last-known location.