A soldier's life a Black woman's rise from Army brat to Six Triple Eight champion
"A memoir of one woman's extraordinary personal journey in the US military and her work to honor her predecessors with the Congressional Gold Medal. Chronicling Cummings's unlikely but successful path to leadership roles in the US Army and afterward, this book also tells the story of the 6888th Cent...
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Charlottesville ; London :
University of Virginia Press,
2025.
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| Series: | The Black soldier in war and society
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| 100 | 1 | |a Cummings, Edna W., |d 1956- |e author. | |
| 245 | 1 | 2 | |a A soldier's life : |b a Black woman's rise from Army brat to Six Triple Eight champion / |c Edna W. Cummings, Colonel, US Army, Retired. |
| 264 | 1 | |a Charlottesville ; |a London : |b University of Virginia Press, |c 2025. | |
| 264 | 4 | |c Ã2025 | |
| 300 | |a xii, 248 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : |b illustrations ; |c 24 cm. | ||
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| 490 | 0 | |a The Black soldier in war and society | |
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a A 10 Percent Chance -- Them "Cotton Picking" Wars -- Hippie Murderers and Strawberry Milkshakes -- From a Student on the Mountaintop to a Soldier in Lower Alabama -- The Land of the Morning Calm -- Less Than a 5 Percent Chance -- Melted Banana Popsicle -- Bringing down the Gavel -- A Black Bean and the Parkway Patriot -- A 3 Percent Chance -- Colonel "Edna" Meets Major Charity "Edna" Adams and the 6888th -- From a Moment to a Movement -- Advocacy during Lockdown -- Unrecognized Civil Rights Pioneers -- World War II Black Women: Hidden Herstories of Intelligence, Patriotism, and Resilience -- Final Thoughts: Breaking Barriers and Cracking Armor. | |
| 520 | |a "A memoir of one woman's extraordinary personal journey in the US military and her work to honor her predecessors with the Congressional Gold Medal. Chronicling Cummings's unlikely but successful path to leadership roles in the US Army and afterward, this book also tells the story of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion (known as the Six Triple Eight)-a trailblazing African American World War II Women's Army Corps unit-and of the grassroots campaign Cummings led to honor them"-- |c Provided by publisher. | ||
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| 650 | 0 | |a Families of military personnel |z United States |v Biography. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Women soldiers |z United States |x History |y 20th century. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a African American soldiers |x History |y 20th century. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Military spouses |z United States |v Biography. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion Monument (Fort Leavenworth, Kansas) | |
| 776 | 0 | 8 | |i Online version: |a Cummings, Edna W., 1956- |t Soldier's life |d Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2025 |z 9780813953168 |w (DLC) 2024045143 |
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