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There were disagreements between liberal advocates for women's equality and radical and pacifist feminists both in 1980 and again in 2016 on whether women should be included in draft registration or draft registration should be opposed for women and men. [11]
Senate Democrats have added language to the annual defense authorization bill to require women to register for the draft, prompting a backlash from Republicans and social conservatives and ...
"To be honest, I was dodging the draft," the 79-year-old said. From 1940 to 1973, the U.S. relied on the military draft, a lottery system that would select registered American men to serve the ...
The most recent draft was in 1973 during the Vietnam War. USA TODAY reached out to the user who shared the Facebook post for comment but did not immediately receive a response. Our rating: False
The First Peacetime Draft. 1986. Goossen, Rachel Waltner; Women against the Good War: Conscientious Objection and Gender on the American Home Front, 1941–1947 1997 online edition Archived March 17, 2008, at the Wayback Machine; Westbrook, Robert.
Band of Sisters: American Women at War in Iraq (2007) excerpt and text search; Holmstedt, Kirsten. "The Girls Come Marching Home" Wise, James E. and Scott Baron. Women at War: Iraq, Afghanistan, and Other Conflicts (2006) Gayle Tzemach Lemmon (2021). The Daughters of Kobani: A Story of Rebellion, Courage, and Justice. Penguin Press. ISBN 978 ...
“Pete Hegseth’s views on women in the military are outdated, prejudiced, and ignore over 20 years of evidence proving women’s effectiveness in combat roles,” said Erin Kirk, a Marine Corps combat veteran. She said women have served honorably and effectively as pilots, logistics personnel, intelligence operatives and infantry grunts.
President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Defense Department, Pete Hegseth, is facing a firestorm of backlash for voicing his belief that women should not serve in military combat roles.