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Now in Paperback Some 6,500 black women volunteered to serve in the segregrated U.S. military during World War II. Data to tell the story of these women came from many sources, including archival records, manuscripts, documents, contemporary newspaper accounts and interviews, statements, and the personal files of those who served. With photographs, illustrations, tables, and a bibliography.
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Martha S. Putney (PhD, University of Pennsylvania), retired history professor, is the author of "Black Sailors: Afro-American Merchant Seamen and Whalemen Prior to the Civil War" and numerous articles on blacks in American history and society. She served as a commissioned officer in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps/ Women's Army Corps from 1943 to 1946.
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...the most comprehensive survey to date.... Racism and sexism are twin themes of this book. All levels.....
...the most comprehensive survey to date.... Racism and sexism are twin themes of this book. All levels.....
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- PublisherScarecrow Press
- Publication date1992
- ISBN 10 0810825317
- ISBN 13 9780810825314
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages245
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WHEN THE NATION WAS IN NEED : BLACKS IN THE WOMEN'S ARMY CORPS DURING WORLD WAR II
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ISBN 13: 9780810825314
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