Heroism begins with her inspiring stories of bold, brave, and gutsy women in the U.S. Military
A collection of more than 80 profiles about the brave women in the US military.
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New York, NY :
Harper, An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,
[2019]
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Table of Contents:
- Unexpected patriots: women in the Revolutionary War
- Margaret Corbin: ready! aim! fire!
- Deborah Sampson Gannett: a soldier's secret
- Prudence Cummings Wright: the women's militia
- Don't mess with Texas: women in the Mexican-American War
- Sarah Bowman Borginnes: an Honorary Colonel
- Elizabeth Caroline Newcom: the things we do for love
- Women warriors: women in the Civil War
- Dorothea Lynde Dix: founder of the first female nursing corps
- Sarah Emma Edmonds: master of disguise
- Jennie Hodgers: becoming Albert Cashier
- Susie King Taylor: the first African-American nurse
- Harriet Tubman: beyond the Underground Railroad
- Sarah Rosetta Wakeman: she kept her secret to the end
- Dr. Mary Edward Walker: Medal of Honor Winner
- Cathay Williams: from slave to soldier
- A new kind of soldier: women in the Spanish-American War and World War I
- Edith Ayres and Helen Wood: the first to die
- Genevieve and Lucille Baker: always ready
- Esther Voorhees Hasson: Army, Navy, Army
- Lenah Higbee: the Navy's Nurse
- Opha May Johnson: the first female Marine
- Dr. Anita Newcomb McGee: creating a professional nursing corps
- Loretta Perfectus Walsh: a new kind of soldier
- It's our war, too: women in World War II
- Angels of Bataan: serving to the end
- Margaret Bourke-White: images of war
- Jacqueline Cochran: a record-shattering career
- Carmen Contreras-Bozak: the first Hispanic woman to serve
- Dr. Margaret Craighill: yes, we can
- Susan Ahn Cuddy: the first Asian-American woman in the Navy
- Charity Adams Earley: you've got mail
- Annie G. Fox: cool under fire
- Joy Bright Hancock: riding the waves
- Oveta Culp Hobby: setting a new direction
- Grace Hopper: amazing grace
- Aleda E. Lutz: fearless in flight
- Elsie Ott: bringing nursing to the skies
- Claire Phillips: General MacArthur's spy
- Reba Z. Whittle: the silent prisoner of war
- Frances Wills, Harriet Pickens, and Mildred McAfee: three who dared
- Here to stay: women in the Korean War
- Staff Sergeant Barbara Barnwell: courage at sea
- Esther Blake: first in line
- Jonita Ruth Bonham: the nurse who forgot fear
- Eleanor C. L'Ecuyer: redefining the role of women
- Geraldine Pratt May: organizing the Air Force
- Breaking the brass ceiling: women in the Vietnam war
- Barbara J. Dulinsky: volunteering in Vietnam
- Alene B. Duerk: the Navy's first admiral
- Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington: the generals
- Reverend Alice M. Henderson: the first female chaplain
- Jeanne M. Holm: seeing stars
- Sharon Ann Lane: paying the ultimate price
- Barbara Ann Allen Rainey: earning her wings
- Approaching equality: women in the modern military
- Gwendolyn Bingham: the heart of a lion
- Colonel Eileen Collins: the greatest adventure on this planet, or off
- Sarah Deal: a pilot and a Marine
- Tammy Duckworth: a soldier and a senator
- Ann Elizabeth Dunwoody: answering the call
- Sherri Gallagher: soldier of the year
- Captain Kristen Griest and Lieutenant Shaye Haver: leading the way
- Marcelite J. Harris: breaking barriers
- Leigh Ann Hester: I was trained to do what I did
- Marina A. Hierl: first woman to lead an infantry platoon
- Katie Higgins: angels in the sky
- Lori Hill: into harm's way
- Patricia D. Horoho: America's medical expert
- Michelle J. Howard: redefining the role of women in the Navy
- Darlene Iskra: the opportune moment
- Shoshana Johnson: still standing
- Kathleen McGrath: aye, aye, ma'am
- Linda McTague: in command
- Marcella Hayes Ng: the first African American pilot
- Dr. Antonia Novello: the nation's doctor
- Lori Piestewa: first Native American woman killed in combat
- Coral Wong Pietsch: the first Asian American general
- Lori Robinson: I happen to be a woman
- Angela Salinas: something greater than myself
- Sandra Stosz: the student becomes the teacher
- Nadja West: I couldn't wait to sign up
- Sheila Widnall: head of the Air Force
- Janet Wolfenbarger: four stars in the Air Force.
