In Uncle Sam's Service: Women Workers with the American Expeditionary Force, 1917-1919

Susan Zeiger

Published by Cornell University Press 2000

In Uncle Sam's Service

Women Workers with the American Expeditionary Force, 1917-1919

Susan Zeiger

https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501744952

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The government, determined to contain the disruption to the status quo, created a separate, subordinate status for women in the military,'domesticating'women's service and reinscribing it within conventional limits.

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ZeigerSusan:

Susan Zeiger is Associate Professor of History at Regis College in Weston, Massachusetts.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. Mobilizing Women For War Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
2. Getting Over There: A Social Analysis Of Women's Enlistment Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	26
3. Serving Doughnuts To The Doughboys: Auxiliary Workers In France Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	51
4. "The Stenographers Will Win The War": Army Office Workers And Telephone Operators Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	77
5. "Compassionate Sympathizers And Active Combatants": Army Nurses In France Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	104
6. Serving Uncle Sam: The Meaning Of Women's Wartime Service Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	137
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	175
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	205

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Language: English
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Audience: General/trade;
Pages
- Main content: 224
Illustrations
- Other: 16 halftones, 4 tables
Keywords: Military History; Labor History

eBook

Published: May 15, 2019
ISBN: 9781501744952