Minerva: Quarterly Report on Women and the Military articles from March 2001

Minerva: Quarterly Report on Women and the Military archives from March 2001

Women Nurses in the Spanish-American War.
March 22, 2001... On April 25, 1898, Congress voted to go to war against Spain, and thus began America's entry into what would be known as the Spanish-American War.(1) In the great rush to volunteer, men crowded the Army recruiting offices. Women soon followed,...

The Captain's a Woman: Tales of a Merchant Mariner.(Review)
March 22, 2001... Capt. Deborah Dempsey and Joanne Reckler Foster. The Captain's a Woman: Tales of a Merchant Mariner. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1998. It has been seven years since I have been to sea, but I still enjoy reading about the...

The Hungry Ocean: A Swordboat Captain's Journey.(Review)
March 22, 2001... Linda Greenlaw. The Hungry Ocean: A Swordboat Captain's Journey. New York, NY: Hyperion Press, 1999 It has been seven years since I have been to sea, but I still enjoy reading about the adventures of other women who have been fortunate...

A Soldier And A Woman: Sexual Integration in the Military.(Review)
March 22, 2001... Gerard J. DeGroot and Corinna Peniston-Bird, eds. A Soldier And A Woman: Sexual Integration in the Military. New York: Longman, 2000. xiii + 384 pp. Author biographies, chapter suggested readings and index. $69.95 (cloth) ISBN 0-582-41439-3;...

Civil War Sisterhood: The U.S. Sanitary Commission and Women's Politics in Transition.(Review)
March 22, 2001... Judith Ann Giesberg. Civil War Sisterhood: The U.S. Sanitary Commission and Women's Politics in Transition. Boston: Northeastern University Press, 2000. xiv + 239 pp. Notes, bibliography, index. $40.00 (cloth) ISBN 1-55553-434-1 "The...

Women, Violence and WAR: Wartime Victimization of Refugees in the Balkans.(Review)
March 22, 2001... Vesna Nikolic-Ristanovic. Women, Violence and WAR: Wartime Victimization of Refugees in the Balkans. Translated by Borislav Radovic. Budapest: Central European University Press, 1999. 245 pp. Bibliography, list of contributors, index. ISBN...

Women at War: Gender Issues of Americans in Combat.(Review)
March 22, 2001... Rosemarie Skaine. Women at War: Gender Issues of Americans in Combat. Jefferson, North Carolina, and London, England: McFarland & Company, Inc., 1999. ix + 299 pp. Tables, glossary, appendices, bibliographical references, index. $28.50 (paper)...

Camouflage Isn't Only for Combat: Gender, Sexuality, and Women in the Military.(Review)
March 22, 2001... Melissa S. Herbert. Camouflage Isn't Only for Combat: Gender, Sexuality, and Women in the Military. New York and London: New York University Press, 1998. ix + 205 pp. Appendix, notes, bibliography, and index. $50.00 (cloth), ISBN 0-8147-3547-9;...

Maneuvers. The International Politics of Militarizing Women's Lives.(Review)
March 22, 2001... Cynthia Enloe. Maneuvers. The International Politics of Militarizing Women's Lives. Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2000. xi + 418 pp. Notes, selected bibliography, and index. $17.95 (paper) 0-520-22071-4; $45.00 (cloth), ISBN...

Ungentlemanly Acts: The Army's Notorious Incest Trial.(Review)
March 22, 2001... Louise Barnett. Ungentlemanly Acts: The Army's Notorious Incest Trial. New York: Hill and Wang, A Division of Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2000. xi + 287 pp. Illustrations, appendixes, notes, bibliography, and index. $25.00 (cloth), ISBN...

Warrior Women: The Amazons of Dahomey and the Nature of War.(Review)
March 22, 2001... Robert B. Edgerton. Warrior Women: The Amazons of Dahomey and the Nature of War. Boulder, Col: Westview Press, 2000. 216 pages. 9 black and white photos, notes, bibliography, and index. $25.00 (cloth), ISBN 8-8133-3711-9. A Case Study of...