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Her Cold War: Women in the U.S. Military, 1945-1980 Paperback – September 30, 2021

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While Rosie the Riveter had fewer paid employment options after being told to cede her job to returning World War II veterans, her sisters and daughters found new work opportunities in national defense. The 1948 Women's Armed Services Integration Act created permanent military positions for women with the promise of equal pay. Her Cold War follows the experiences of women in the military from the passage of the Act to the early 1980s. In the late 1940s, defense officials structured women's military roles on the basis of perceived gender differences. Classified as noncombatants, servicewomen filled roles that they might hold in civilian life, such as secretarial or medical support positions. Defense officials also prohibited pregnant women and mothers from remaining in the military and encouraged many women to leave upon marriage. Before civilian feminists took up similar issues in the 1970s, many servicewomen called for a broader definition of equality free of gender-based service restrictions. Tanya L. Roth shows us that the battles these servicewomen fought for equality paved the way for women in combat, a prerequisite for promotion to many leadership positions, and opened opportunities for other servicepeople, including those with disabilities, LGBT and gender nonconforming people, noncitizens, and more.
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  3. Publisher
    University of North Carolina Press
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  5. ISBN-10
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  6. ISBN-13
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Well-researched, well-written. . . . Thanks to Tanya L. Roth, we now understand that . . . women [becoming] fully integrated into the American military was a complex phenomenon that had its roots inside the military as well as in sociocultural changes outside of it."-Southwestern Historical Quarterly



Focused on a crucial, though often-overlooked time period, Her Cold War follows servicewomen's struggles not only to integrate the U.S. military but also to transform it. Tanya L. Roth skillfully and seamlessly restores 'womanpower' to its central place in the history of the American military and the women's movement, demonstrating once and for all the irretractable ties between second-wave feminism and Cold War national defense."-Kara Dixon Vuic, author of The Girls Next Door: Bringing the Home Front to the Front Lines



An important contribution to military history, women's history, and U.S. social and cultural history."-Heather Marie Stur, author of Beyond Combat: Women and Gender in the Vietnam War Era

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Tanya L. Roth received her Ph.D. in history from Washington University. She teaches history at Mary Institute and Saint Louis Country Day School.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ University of North Carolina Press (September 30, 2021)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1469664437
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1469664439
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.04 pounds
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Tanya Roth earned a PhD in history at Washington University in St. Louis and teaches at an independent school in St. Louis. She loves that she gets to geek out about history with her amazing students every day and think about history in new ways. Tanya's work has been recognized by the Society for Military History's Coffman First Manuscript Prize and a fellowship from the American Association of University Women.

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evan
1.0 out of 5 stars Boring
Reviewed in the United States on July 23, 2023
just not a very good book.. not interesting to read and just filled with what i would call nonsense filler information. Certainly not worth $30 on Amazon, and not the $7 I payed from a garage sale.
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Andrew Palm
5.0 out of 5 stars Thoroughly researched, well written, comprehensive review of women in the US military post WW2
Reviewed in the United States on September 2, 2023
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I was led to purchase this book after reading Lena Andrews' excellent book Valiant Women. Andrews recommended this as a follow up. It does not disappoint. It is well researched, thoroughly cited, clearly written and eminently scholarly. Public views of women in the US military began changing in response to the total war demands of WW2. Post war, American culture began changing, with women's participation in the military also changing in parallel but not in lockstep. Tanya Roth is an effective historian and educator who conveys facts and synthesizes them into a coherent and understandable narrative. The conflict from cultural change is real, as you can see from the number of short negative reviews here. But, this is a necessary read for those interested in public policy and particularly for those who desire to be part of the process of shaping public policy. The future is different from the past. The knowledge and understanding this book conveys is substantial and fundamental. Read it to see for yourself.
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1.0 out of 5 stars eh.... I guess this is what we come to when talk race and gender can get you a PDH
Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2023
This is by far the most boring book on this topic I've ever read. Not sure why my teacher force us to read it, I have also reported her to school ethical committee.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great book
Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2023
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Great book!
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1.0 out of 5 stars Just awful
Reviewed in the United States on July 23, 2023
This is by far the most boring book on this topic I've ever read. Definitely would not recommend.
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James Montoya
1.0 out of 5 stars Incredibly boring.
Reviewed in the United States on July 30, 2023
Completely full of nonsense. I don’t understand how certain people are allowed to publish stuff like this. Not worth a dime to be honest.
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Mitchell Henderson
1.0 out of 5 stars Marxist propaganda. No real substance.
Reviewed in the United States on July 23, 2023
No more than misinformation to advance Marxist propaganda. No real substance found in the text. Only recommend for research on how pseudo-experts spread social contagion.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Woof
Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2023
Wow. This is just……it’s just made up nonsense.
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