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Creating G. I. Jane: Sexuality and Power in the Women's Army Corps During World War II
Paper, 288 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-10145-5
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September, 1996
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Acknowledgments ix
Prologue 1
1. “What Has Become of the Manhood of America?”
Creating a Woman’s Army 11
2. “Ain’t Misbehavin’”?
The Slander Campaign Against the WAC 33
3. The WAC Strikes Back:
Constructing the “Respectable” Female Soldier 51
4. “Women’s Work” and Resistance in the WAC:
Kitchen Police, Secretaries, and Sitdown Strikes 71
5. Protecting Whom?
Regulating Sexuality in the Army and the WAC 100
6. “I Want a Man!”
Pleasure and Danger in the Women’s Corps 122
7.The “Lesbian Threat” 148
Epilogue 179
Appendix 1. Meyer Oral History Questionnaire 185
Appendix 2. Discussion of Sources 187
Notes 191
Index 251