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A Soldier's Life : A Black Woman's Rise from Army Brat to Six Triple Eight Champion / Edna W. Cummings.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cummings, Edna W., author.
- Series:
- The Black Soldier in War and Society Series
- Black Soldier in War and Society
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cummings, Edna W., 1956-.
- Cummings, Edna W.
- United States. Army--African American officers--Biography.
- United States.
- United States. Six Triple Eight Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2021.
- Women soldiers--United States--Biography.
- Women soldiers.
- Families of military personnel--United States--Biography.
- Families of military personnel.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (281 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Charlottesville, Virginia : University of Virginia Press, [2025]
- Summary:
- "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"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-8139-5316-2
- OCLC:
- 1513419821
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