Women in uniform : exploding the myths, exploring the facts / funded by the Ford Foundation, Women's Research and Education Institute.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Ford Foundation.

Women's Research & Education Institute.

Conference Name:

Conference on Women in Uniform (1998 : Washington, D.C.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women fire fighters--United States--Congresses.

Women fire fighters.

Women fire fighters--Canada--Congresses.

Policewomen--United States--Congresses.

Policewomen.

Policewomen--Canada--Congresses.

Women and the military--United States--Congresses.

Women and the military.

Women and the military--Canada--Congresses.

Canada.

United States.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

1 volume (various paging) : illustrations ; 28 cm

Other Title:

Exploding the myths, exploring the facts

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : [The Institute], [1998?]

Contents:

Historical panel. Images of female army nurses in Vietnam / Constance Moore

Women in the Navy .. the Australian experience / Kathryn Spurling

Blazing a heritage : women in firefighting before Title VII / Therese M. Floren

Teaching the history of women and war at the United States Air Force Academy / Michelle Moyd

Unit bonding and integrated training panel. At the forefront : women in the Army Military Police Corps / Carol Washington

Cultural obstacles and incentives to forming diverse teams in the fire service / Linda F. Willing

How can she claim equal rights when she doesn't have to do as many push-ups as I do? / Carol Cohn

Gender-integrated training in the uniform services : the fire fighting experience / Brenda Berkman

A gender integrated military in the 21st century / Mary Lou Kendrigan

Women and combat panel. The Canadian Forces experience in integrating women in the military / 5 panelists representing Canadian Defence Force Headquarters

Whatever happened to the citizen soldier? / Judith Youngman

Serving proudly now & into the future panel. Beyond zero tolerance : the culture of discrimination and the U.S. Military / Mary Fainsod Katzenstein

Images of military women in the media / Beverly Pointer

A continuing story of survival in the London Metropolitan Police / Nicola Ainsworth

How to make a good man out of a [woman] : U.S. Navy recruit training / George W. Thomas.

Notes:

Conference held in Washington, D.C., December 10-11, 1998.

Includes bibliographical references.

OCLC:

41986572