Subject Headings

United States-Armed Forces-Women
Women and the Military
Women and War
Women in Combat
Women soldiers

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Army Women
Female soldiers
Military women
Military women in Iraq
Navy women

Books

The following sources provide basic information and brief introductions to the topic of women in the military. Call numbers and locations are listed below the book's description. Refer to the Ask-A-Librarian, IRIS Guide and Building Map pages for more information. Links to online sources are provided.

Burke, Carol. Camp all-American, Hanoi Jane, and the high and tight: gender, folklore, and changing military culture.
Boston: Beacon Press, 2004.
DOUGLASS STACKS U21.75.B87 2004

Harrell, Margaret C. et al. Assessing the assignment policy for army women.
Santa Monica, California: RAND National Defense Research Institute, 2007.
Online Access: http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2007/RAND_MG590-1.pdf

Sheldon, Sara A. The few, the proud : women Marines in harm's way.
Westport, Conn. : Praeger Security International, 2008.
DOUGLASS STACKS UB416.W65S44 2008

Solaro, Erin. Women in the line of fire : what you should know about women in the military.
Emeryville, CA : Seal Press, 2006.
DOUGLASS STACKS UB418.W65S66 2006

Venning, Annabel. Following the drum : the lives of army wives and daughters, past and present.
London : Headline, 2005.
DOUGLASS STACKS U767.V466 2005

Watson, Cynthia Ann. U.S. military service : a reference handbook.
Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, 2007.
ROBESON STACKS UB323.W358 2007

Zeigler, Sara L. Moving beyond G.I. Jane : women and the U.S. military.
Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 2005.
DOUGLASS STACKS UB418.W65Z45 2005

Journals

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Journal of Military and Strategic Studies [Open Access, Online Resource]

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Contemporary Women's Issues
Covers over 1500 sources published by more than 200 organizations around the world. Coverage includes more than 150 periodicals in addition to non-periodical source publications.

GPO Access [Open Access]
GPO Access is a service of the U.S. Government Printing Office that provides free electronic access to a wealth of important information products produced by the Federal Government.

Homeland Security Digital Library [Open Access]
The Homeland Security Digital Library (HSDL) is a compendium of materials available for scholarly research in the area of Homeland Security.

PAIS International and Archive
PAIS International covers literature from 1972 to the present in the fields of economics, political science, public policy, business, finance, law, international trade and relations, public administration, and government.

VioLit
This database covers information about violence, primarily juvenile violence, from books, literature reviews, journal articles and reports.

Websites

Rutgers Army ROTC

The Sari Soldiers (Women Make Movies)
"…The Sari Soldiers is an extraordinary story of six women's courageous efforts to shape Nepal's future in the midst of an escalating civil war against Maoist insurgents, and the King's crackdown on civil liberties."
MEDIA DVD IN-PROCESS

U.S. Army Women's Museum

Women as Weapons of War: Iraq, Sex and the Media (YouTube)

Women in the U.S. Army

Women Veterans of the U.S. Army (Facebook Page)