Women's History Collections at THE LIZ LIBRARY: Women's Military History

The Liz Library presents Irene Stuber's Women of Achievement

Military Women Casualties

American Women in War

Women Spies

Surgeon, Spy and Suffragette -- Dr. Mary Walker

Women POWs

Military Women in Film

Military Women in Television

Military Women Astronauts

Firsts for Military Women

Women Buried in Arlington National Cemetery

Significant Trivia

Women's Recruiting Posters

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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MATERIALS ON WOMEN IN THE MILITARY, submitted by C. Kay Larson

Anna Ella Carroll, political and legal advisor to Abraham Lincoln, submitted by C. Kay Larson

Mothers in Combat Boots - Single Mothers and the Military - More
Thelizlibrary.org honors women in the military and women's military contributions. For too long, women falsely were told there were things they could not do. That said, these women's history pages are not presented here to advocate for or against any particular military policies. Our nation's military is not the appropriate milieu to promote anyone's ulterior political and social agendas. The strength of our military and our nation's security are the first and only considerations. We encourage readers interested in this subject to be thoughtful and objective in accumulating their information and in forming their opinions. In the interests of balance:

Co-ed Combat: New Evidence that Women Shouldn't Fight the Nation's Wars, by Kingsley Browne. Here's a 2012 article by Browne that summarizes the issues, which also were discussed November 27, 2011, by attorneys Lisa Macci and Liz Kates on the Justice Hour Radio Show. Finally, this counterpoint:

Get over it; we are not all created equal, by Capt Katie Petronio - Data

Handy chart comparing military ranks in the different U.S services, 2008, submitted by RoryJSK

We are indebted to Capt Barbara A. Wilson, USAF (Ret). for originally compiling materials in this section.
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Far left, at the Center for Military Readiness, where Elaine Donnelly keeps up to date on many of these current issues, you can find additional information on women in combat and deployment readiness (as well as some different points of view). Left, click for link to Capt. Barb's military women website.