Women Against the Good War: Conscientious Objection and Gender on the American Home Front, 1941-1947 PDF
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title :Women against the Good War : Conscientious Objection and Gender On the American Home Front, 1941-1947 Gender & American Culture author :Goossen, Rachel Waltner. publisher :University of North Carolina Press isbn10 |:080782366X asin print :9780807823668 isbn13 ebook :9780807861721 isbn13 language :English subject World War, 1939-1945--Conscientious objectors--United States, World War, 1939-1945--Moral and ethical aspects, World War, 1939-1945--Women--United States, Women--United States-- History--20th century. publication:1997 date lcc :D810.C82G66 1997eb ddc :940.53/162 subject :World War, 1939-1945--Conscientious objectors--United States, World War, 1939-1945--Moral and ethical aspects, World War, 1939-1945--Women--United States, Women--United States-- History--20th century. Page i Women Against the Good War Page ii Gender & American Culture COEDITORS Linda K. Kerber Nell Irvin Painter EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD Nancy Cott Cathy N. Davidson Thadious Davis Jane Sherron De Hart Sara Evans Mary Kelley Annette Kolodny Wendy Martin Janice Radway Barbara Sicherman Page iii Women Against the Good War Conscientious Objection and Gender on the American Home Front, 1941-1947 Rachel Waltner Goossen The University of North Carolina Press Chapel Hill and London Page iv © 1997 The University of North Carolina Press All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Goossen, Rachel Waltner. Women against the Good War: conscientious objection and gender on the American home front, 1941-1947/by Rachel Waltner Goossen. p. cm. (Gender & American culture) Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. ISBN 0-8078-2366-x (cloth: alk. paper). ISBN 0-8078-4672-4 (pbk.: alk. paper) 1. World War, 1939-1945 Conscientious objectors United States. 2. World War, 1939-1945 Moral and ethical aspects. 3. World War, 1939-1945 Women United States. 4. Women United States History 20th century. I. Title. II. Series. D810.C82G66 1997 940.53'162 dc21 97-9885 CIP 01 00 99 98 97 5 4 3 2 1 Portions of this work appeared previously in Rachel Waltner Goossen, "The `Second Sex' and the `Second Milers': Mennonite Women and Civilian Public Service," Mennonite Quarterly Review 66 (October 1992): 525-38. Page v FOR MY PARENTS Page vii Contents Acknowledgments xi Abbreviations xiii Introduction 1 Chapter 1. The Conscripting of Civilians 11 Chapter 2. Am I Worth Dying For? 29 Chapter 3. No Girl Should Marry into This Kind 44 of Life Chapter 4. Looking for a Few Good Women 69 Chapter 5. Collegiate Women Pacifists 94 Chapter 6. In the Aftermath of War 112 Conclusion 129 Appendix: Questionnaire on Women and Civilian 133 Public Service Notes 137
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