Women’s Armed Services Integration Act, law enacted in 1948 that permitted women to serve as full members of the U.S. armed forces. During World War I many women had enlisted as volunteers in the U.S. military services; they usually served in clerical roles. When the war ended, they ...
Women also served on the Civil War Sanitary Commission, which raised funds and organized and administered nursing and support services for the military hospitals and convalescent centers. The campaign for ratification of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments (the first made male ex-slaves citizens ...
Fighting to Serve: Women in Military Medicine: Let the generations know that women in uniform also guaranteed their freedomdoi:10.12788/fp.0465Walker, MaryFederal Practitioner
The role of women in the military has evolved over time and continues to do so every decade. There are many ethical and moral questions that are debated in this society regarding women in combat roles. On both sides of the debate there are very legitimate points made. As society becomes mo...
Media representations are susceptible to attitudes. This study examined how the press frames the attitudes of Western, non-Western, and Saudi newspapers towards employing Saudi women in the military, a topic which has formed a rich area of interest for t
Mirrorpix/Getty Images British A.T.S. on searchlight battery, January 19, 1943. In mid-1941, when the British military began using women from the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) in anti-aircraft units, they made it clear that the purpose was to free up more men to fight; women were...
摘要: Women veterans are telling their stories, adding to the tales of war and homecoming that men have been recording from the Odyssey and Iliad on. Their diverse voices can deepen our understanding of who volunteers to serve in today's military and what they experience....
000 women applied to serve in WASP, although fewer than 10 percent of that number were accepted. Candidates had to be between 21 and 35 years old, possess a commercial pilot’s license, and have the physical endurance to complete the military trainingregimenthat was part of the selection ...
Military service is compulsory for Jews and Druze, both men and women, and for Circassian men. Conscription deferments are available to students, and exemptions from service are granted to married women, women with children, and men who are undertaking religious studies. The period of active-...
Despite the fact that women make up half or sometimes more than half of the electorates in most countries, there are only a handful of women who serve as heads of states throughout the world. There is no obvious solution to overcoming the limited access and encouragement of women to rule....