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The Resource Glory in their spirit : how four black women took on the Army during World War II, Sandra M. Bolzenius
Glory in their spirit : how four black women took on the Army during World War II, Sandra M. Bolzenius
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The item Glory in their spirit : how four black women took on the Army during World War II, Sandra M. Bolzenius represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Sno-Isle Libraries.This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
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The item Glory in their spirit : how four black women took on the Army during World War II, Sandra M. Bolzenius represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Sno-Isle Libraries.
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- Summary
- "In 1945, four African American female privates who were members of the Women's Army Corps (WAC) participated in a strike at Fort Devens, Massachusetts, and opted to take a court martial rather than accept discriminatory work assignments. As the army prepared for the court-martial and civil rights activists investigated the circumstances, competing commentaries in African American and mainstream newspapers ignited a passionate public response across the country. Indeed, the insurrection, now little remembered, became the most publicized and recorded protest of Black WACs during World War II as story of how four African American women pushed the army's segregation system to its breaking point. Drawing on relevant scholarship, archival work, newspaper responses to the strike, and interviews with the strikers or their families, Sandra Bolzenius shows how the strike at Ft. Devens demonstrates that army regulations prioritized white men, segregated African Americans, highlighted white women's femininity, and overlooked the presence of African American women. In drawing attention to these issues, this book is able to shed light on the experiences and agency of World War II Black WACs who resisted racial discrimination and asserted their entitlements as female military personnel, analyze military policies and their effects on Army personnel, particularly Black WACs, and investigate the Army's determination to maintain the existing social order through the strict segmentation of its troops based on race, gender, and rank."--Provided by publisher
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xxii, 208 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780252083334
- Label
- Glory in their spirit : how four black women took on the Army during World War II
- Title
- Glory in their spirit
- Title remainder
- how four black women took on the Army during World War II
- Statement of responsibility
- Sandra M. Bolzenius
- Title variation
- How four black women took on the Army during World War II
- Subject
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- Race discrimination -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Sex discrimination against women -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Strikes and lockouts -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Trials (Military offenses) -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- United States, Army | Women's Army Corps -- History
- Women soldiers -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, African American
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- United States
- African American soldiers -- History -- 20th century
- Fort Devens (Mass.) -- History -- 20th century
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "In 1945, four African American female privates who were members of the Women's Army Corps (WAC) participated in a strike at Fort Devens, Massachusetts, and opted to take a court martial rather than accept discriminatory work assignments. As the army prepared for the court-martial and civil rights activists investigated the circumstances, competing commentaries in African American and mainstream newspapers ignited a passionate public response across the country. Indeed, the insurrection, now little remembered, became the most publicized and recorded protest of Black WACs during World War II as story of how four African American women pushed the army's segregation system to its breaking point. Drawing on relevant scholarship, archival work, newspaper responses to the strike, and interviews with the strikers or their families, Sandra Bolzenius shows how the strike at Ft. Devens demonstrates that army regulations prioritized white men, segregated African Americans, highlighted white women's femininity, and overlooked the presence of African American women. In drawing attention to these issues, this book is able to shed light on the experiences and agency of World War II Black WACs who resisted racial discrimination and asserted their entitlements as female military personnel, analyze military policies and their effects on Army personnel, particularly Black WACs, and investigate the Army's determination to maintain the existing social order through the strict segmentation of its troops based on race, gender, and rank."--Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1959-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Bolzenius, Sandra M.
- Dewey number
- 305.48/896073
- Government publication
- government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- D769.39
- LC item number
- .B65 2018
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Women, gender, and sexuality in American history
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- United States
- World War, 1939-1945
- Trials (Military offenses)
- Strikes and lockouts
- African American soldiers
- Women soldiers
- Race discrimination
- Sex discrimination against women
- World War, 1939-1945
- Fort Devens (Mass.)
- Label
- Glory in their spirit : how four black women took on the Army during World War II, Sandra M. Bolzenius
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Extent
- xxii, 208 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780252083334
- Lccn
- 2017056073
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- 1695729
- (OCoLC)1005108651
- 1680105
- (OCoLC)on1005108651
- Label
- Glory in their spirit : how four black women took on the Army during World War II, Sandra M. Bolzenius
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Extent
- xxii, 208 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780252083334
- Lccn
- 2017056073
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- 1695729
- (OCoLC)1005108651
- 1680105
- (OCoLC)on1005108651
Subject
- Race discrimination -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Sex discrimination against women -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Strikes and lockouts -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Trials (Military offenses) -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- United States, Army | Women's Army Corps -- History
- Women soldiers -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, African American
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- United States
- African American soldiers -- History -- 20th century
- Fort Devens (Mass.) -- History -- 20th century
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