TY - BOOK AU - Monahan,Evelyn AU - Neidel-Greenlee,Rosemary TI - A few good women: America's military women from World War I to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan SN - 9781400044344 (hc.) AV - UB418.W65 M66 2010 U1 - 355.0082/0973 22 PY - 2010/// CY - New York PB - Alfred A. Knopf KW - Women and war KW - United States KW - History KW - Armed Forces KW - Women KW - 20th century KW - 21st century N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [435]-455) and index N2 - "The never-before-told story of the U.S. women's military corps: the women who fought for the right to defend their country by serving in our armed forces with full military rank and benefits-- a fight fight that continues today for American military women who want to serve in combat support positions and in frontline combat units. Using interviews, correspondence, and diaries, as well as archival material, [the authors] tell the remarkable story of America's 'few good women' who today make up more than 15 percent of the U.S. armed forces and who serve alongside men in almost every capacity."--Book jacket UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1012/2009038529-s.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1012/2009038529-b.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1012/2009038529-d.html ER -