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Band of Sisters: American Women at War in Iraq is a 2007 book by Kirsten Holmstedt about the Iraq War and women in the military with a foreword by Tammy Duckworth. Band of Sisters presents twelve stories of American women on the frontlines including America's first female pilot to be shot down and survive, the U.S. military's first black female combat pilot, a 21-year-old turret gunner ...
Holm wrote two books about women in the military, beginning with Women in the Military: An Unfinished Revolution in 1982. Holm updated the book in 1992–1994, filling in American women's combat and military experiences in the invasions of Grenada, Panama and in the Gulf War. [9]
As an author, Norman has made significant contributions to the field of women's military history. Her work brings to light the often-neglected experiences of women during wartime. Her first book, Women at War, examines the previously untold experience of fifty women who served as nurses during the Vietnam War.
In addition to the U.S. military women who served in Vietnam, the exact number of female civilians who willingly gave their services on Vietnamese soil during the conflict is unknown; an estimate by American scholar Marilyn B. Young said that altogether, between 33,000 and 55,000 women worked in Vietnam during the war. [46]
She also wrote the book, Undaunted: The Real Story of America's Servicewomen in Today's Military (2013). Biank's story, "Having it All," was published in Stories Around the Table: Laughter, Wisdom, and Strength in Military Life. [2] She has said that her work is not about her own family, but is inspired by her personal experiences. [5]
Through this process, her book identifies military brats as a hidden American subculture, and details patterns in this population along sociological and psychological lines. Wertsch is currently writing a second book that also discusses military brats, but includes discussion of other types of third culture children as well. She has stated that ...
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The Royal Air Force appointed Elaine West as its first ever woman to hold the position of Air Vice-Marshal, and the U.K. military said it would encourage women to aim for high-ranking careers. [184] As Air Vice-Marshal Elaine West had the highest rank a woman in the British military had ever held at the time. [185]