Crossed Currents Navy Women from WWI to Tailhook

Name: Crossed Currents Navy Women from WWI to Tailhook
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ISBN: 9780028810225

ISBN-10: 0028810228

ISBN-13: 9780028810225

Edition: 1993

Authors: Jean Ebbert, Marie-Beth Hall

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"Crossed Currents is the first history of women in the U.S. Navy. Since the World War I service of Yeoman (F) Loretta Perfectus Walsh - the first U.S. servicewoman not a nurse - through the Gulf War and the recent Tailhook scandal, women have struggled for acceptance within the U.S. Navy. This book tells a fascinating story of two currents crossing and recrossing, sometimes conflicting, sometimes converging. One current is the Navy's attempt to include women gradually without losing its traditional values. The other is that of women challenging the Navy's assumptions, their aspirations rising as their opportunities widen. And as any sailor knows, where currents cross the waters are…

Book details

List price: $25.00
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: Potomac Books, Incorporated
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 357
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.75" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 1.430
Language: English



Foreword



Preface


Acknowledgments



Yeomen (F) in World War I



America's First Enlisted Women



WAVES of World War II



Once Again, a Time of Need



The Navy's First Women Officers



Recruitment and Training of Enlisted WAVES



A Maturing Relationship



Setting a New Course



Women in the Regular Navy



A Nucleus Is Launched and Tested



1953-63: Surviving the Peace



Upheaval: Vietnam and Its Legacy



Modern Navy Women



Sustaining a Volunteer Force



Professional Advances: A Matter of Equity



Women at Sea



Women in Aviation



Contemporary Currents


Epilogue


Notes


References


Index