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Women and the Military in the United States
Finding books
Wellesley College Library Catalog - As always, you may start by doing a keyword search. However, try the following subject headings:
For books that are not at Wellesley, use WorldCat and follow the above suggestions.
The Woman in Battle: A Narrative of the Exploits, Adventures, and Travels of Madame Loreta Janeta Velazquez, Otherwise Known as Lieutenant Harry T. Buford, Confederate States Army. A digital book from the Documenting the American South collection at the University of North Carolina. Print copy published in 1876.
Articles about women and the military
Academic Search Premier and InfoTrac Onefile - general scholarly and popular sources from about the 1980s
GenderWatch - Articles on women's social, religious & political issues, 1974 to present
Humanities and Social Sciences Retrospective (articles in journals from 1907-1984).
PAIS (articles from 1915+) - more international in scope and PAIS indexes U.S. Congressional hearings.
America History and Life - U.S. & Canadian history articles, prehistory to present, written from 1964 to present
LexisNexis Academic News - state, U.S., and international newspaper articles
LexisNexis Congressional - hearings and reports from Congressional Committees.
LexisNexis Academic Legal Research and Westlaw Campus for law review articles.
PolicyFile - Covers a wide range of public policy topics, linking to reports and papers from think tanks, NGOs, and research organizations, 1990 to present
Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (1976+) - indexes publications from the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of U.S. government. Links to full text when available. Use the advanced search for a more specific search.
Technical Reports from STINET [Scientific and Technical Information Network] - Detailed reports from the U.S. Dept. of Defense. Use the guided search and search for women and military in the title, or search for women and Air Force, etc. You can limit the search to only those reports available in full text.
Mehay, Stephen L. and Barry T. Hirsch. "The Post-Military Earnings of Female Veterans." Industrial Relations 35:2 (April 1996) p. 197-217.
Scrivener, Laurie. "U.S. Military Women in World War II: The SPAR, WAC, WAVES, WASP, and Women Marines in U.S. Government Publications." Journal of Government Information 26:4 (1999) p. 361-383.
Selected reports from the U.S. General Accounting Office
Congressional Research Service (CRS) Issue Briefs
Other databases may be useful for you, depending on your specific topic and approach. AskUs and get some customized suggestions.
Official Military Web Sites for Women in Branches of the Military
United States Coast Guard and women in the Coast Guard
Equal Opportunity and Sexual Harassment in the Military
Dept. of Defense Task Force Report on Sexual Harassment Policies and 1995 sexual harassment survey
Report on gender integrated training
Dept. of the Navy policy on sexual harassment
Navy sexual harassment survey. 1992
Women in the Military Issue Paper from the National Women's Law Center
Sexual Orientation and U.S. Military Personnel Policy - RAND study that resulted from a request to assist the Secretary of Defense in drafting an Executive Order to end discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation in the U.S. Armed Forces.
Tailhook
Statistics and Surveys
The Female Veteran Population.
(1983) Clapp Docs SuDocs VA 1.2:F34
Data on Female Veterans. (FY1983, 1984, 1986) Clapp Docs SuDocs VA 1.2/12:
Survey of Female Veterans: A study of the needs, attitudes, and experiences
of women veterans. Clapp Docs SuDocs VA 1.2:F34/5
Military
Personnel Statistics 1994 - current. [Dept. of Defense]
Other Internet Resources
Women in Military Service for America Memorial - located at the Ceremonial Entrance to Arlington National Cemetery, the memorial is the only major national memorial honoring all women who have defended America throughout history. The Web site Includes a history archive and online exhibits.
Veterans' History Project [A project of the American Folk Life Center, Library of Congress] - includes women veterans' stories
Center for Women Veterans [U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs]
Military Resources: Women in the Military [from the National Archives]
Military Woman Home Page - for women in the military, women contemplating military service, and women veterans.
The Women's Research and Education Institute has a page on Women in the Military and Women Veterans
Recruiting Posters for Women from World War II [Naval Historical Center, Dept. of the Navy]
Women Veterans Historical Collection [University Library, North Carolina Greensboro] - includes recruiting posters and brochures, oral histories, and diaries.