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More Than a Uniform: A Navy Woman in a Navy Man's World | 
 enlarge | Authors: Winifred Collins, Herbert M. Levine
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
Category: Book
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Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 561687
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
Pages: 241
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.8
ISBN: 1574410229
Dewey Decimal Number: 359.00820973
EAN: 9781574410228
ASIN: 1574410229
Publication Date: May 1997
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Condition: Softcover. Some wear to the cover. Pages appear unmarked. Ships the next business day, with tracking and delivery confirmation sent to your email.
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In 1942, four days after Congress passed a law allowing women to serve as commissioned officers in the military, Winifred Quick joined the navy. In her role as Personnel Director of the Midshipmen's School at Smith College, she developed procedures for the classification of the 6000 women officer candidates who reported for duty during the ensuing year. She continued to help shape the navy's personnel policies for women during the next twenty years, working alongside such celebrated navy leaders as Chester Nimitz, Bill Halsey, George Anderson, Arleigh Burke, and Hyman Rickover. She retired in 1962 at the rank of captain, the highest rank a woman could then hold. Overcoming a troubled and poverty-stricken childhood to eventually win top college scholarships then head a jobs program during the Depression, Collins made it to the top of every ladder she climbed. As a pioneer among female commissioned officers, she was in a unique position to observe not only how navy women overcame discriminatory obstacles, but also how the navy came to depend on women as an essential component of its standard operations.
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Interesting if a little surgar coated June 26, 1998
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Captain Collins gives a very interesting and insightful look into the early trials of Women in the US Navy. Unfortunately one is left with the impression that this nerrative is a little short sided (like Captain Collins claim that she doesn't know of anyone discharged for being Lesbian in all her time in the WAVES.) That being said, the Captain is an inspiring woman and the book is a very nice read. If you are interested in WWII, or women in the Navy, this is a must read, due to the fact that the author is such an influancial figure in the time.
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