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Mobilizing Minerva: American Women in the First World War
Contributor(s): Jensen, Kimberly (Author)

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 ISBN: 0252074963     ISBN-13: 9780252074967
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
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Published: February 2008
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Annotation: American women did more than pursue roles as soldiers, doctors, and nurses during World War I. Mobilizing Minerva: American Women in the First World War reveals women's motivations for fighting for full citizenship rights both on and off the battlefield. The war provided chances for women to participate in the military, but also in other male-dominated career paths.
Intense discussions of rape, methods of protecting women, and proper gender roles abound as Kimberly Jensen draws from rich case studies to show how female thinkers and activists wove wartime choices into long-standing debates about woman suffrage and economic parity. The war created new urgency in these debates, and Jensen forcefully presents the case of women participants and activists: women's involvement in the obligation of citizens to defend the state validated their right of full female citizenship.
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BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Women's Studies
- History | Military - World War I
- History | United States - 20th Century
Dewey: 940.373
LCCN: 2007020857
Physical Information: 0.67" H x 5.93" W x 9.08" L (0.92 lbs) 264 pages
Themes:
- Sex & Gender - Feminine
- Chronological Period - 1900-1919
- Chronological Period - 20th Century
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
Review Citations: Reference and Research Bk News 05/01/2008 pg. 41
 
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American women did more than pursue roles as soldiers, doctors, and nurses during World War I. Mobilizing Minerva: American Women in the First World War reveals women's motivations for fighting for full citizenship rights both on and off the battlefield. The war provided chances for women to participate in the military, but also in other male-dominated career paths.

Intense discussions of rape, methods of protecting women, and proper gender roles abound as Kimberly Jensen draws from rich case studies to show how female thinkers and activists wove wartime choices into long-standing debates about woman suffrage and economic parity. The war created new urgency in these debates, and Jensen forcefully presents the case of women participants and activists: women's involvement in the obligation of citizens to defend the state validated their right of full female citizenship.
 
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