Serving proudly : a history of women in the U.S. Navy / Susan H. Godson.

Author/creator Godson, Susan H.
Format Book
Publication InfoAnnapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press ; Washington Navy Yard, D.C. : Naval Historical Center, ©2001.
Descriptionxvi, 453 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects

Contents The Eighteenth and Nineteenth centuries -- The Navy Nurse Corps, 1900-1915 -- The World War I era, 1916-1920 -- The interwar years, 1921-1940 -- The WAVES in World War II -- The Navy Nurse Corps in World War II -- The fight for permanence, 1945-1950 -- The Korean War and the 1950's -- The Vietnam War and the 1960s -- Widening Horizons in the 1970s -- Women's New Roles in the 1980s.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [401]-439) and index.
LCCN 2001031279
ISBN1557503176 (alk. paper)