LibGuides: Veterans: Women Veterans

Books

Women Veterans : Housing and Health Care Concerns by Jason F. Baker
Call Number: Ebook
ISBN: 1620812177
Publication Date: 2012
The Praeger Handbook of Veterans' Health by Thomas W. Miller (Editor) Has a chapter on Healthcare for Women Military Veterans.
Call Number: Ebook
ISBN: 0313383502
Publication Date: 2012
Home Before Morning by Lynda Van Devanter In Main collection
Call Number: 959.704 V244yVh 2001
ISBN: 1558492984
Publication Date: 1983, 2001
American Daughter Gone to War by Winnie Smith; Rubenstein J Staff (Editor) Main Collection
Call Number: 959.704 S664ySa 1994
ISBN: 0671870483
When Janey Comes Marching Home: Portraits of Women Combat Veterans by Laura Browder
Call Number: Ebook
ISBN: 0-8078-3380-0
Publication Date: 2010
War Flower: My Life after Iraq by Brooke King
Call Number: Ebook.
ISBN: 1640121838
Publication Date: 2019
The New Praetorians: American Veterans, Society, and Service from Vietnam to the Forever War by Michael D. Gambone Dh. 9: Women Praetorians, begins on p. 132.
Call Number: Ebook
ISBN: 9781613768860
Publication Date: 2021

Homeless Women Veterans
This is a chapter in the book, Cities and Homelessness : Essays and Case Studies on Practices, Innovations and Challenges. Begins on p. 242.
Veteran, Minority, Woman and Homeless
A chapter in the book, Cities and Homelessness : Essays and Case Studies on Practices, Innovations and Challenges (2021). Begins on p. 238.

Lioness by Meg McLagan; Daria Sommers (directors) In Main Collection
Call Number: 956.70443 L763 2008 DVD

Challenging Preconceived Notions of Women Veterans
Two-minute streaming video from the Center for Women Veterans.

Halfaker and Associates
Call Number: Streaming video - Click on title, above, for link.
Publication Date: 2017
Streaming video - Click on title, above, for link.
"Losing an arm in Iraq, veteran Dawn Halfaker continued to serve by creating a professional services company with over 170 employees."

Female Veterans Coping with PTSD
"CNN's Kyra Phillips revisits a woman who served in Iraq and struggles to cope with post traumatic stress disorder."
2019 Gender and Veteran Demographics 13-minute video from the U.S. Dept. of Labor
Remembering the Nurses of Vietnam
A former army nurse tells of her experience in Vietnam and her efforts to have a memorial dedicated to the American nurses who served in Vietnam. 9-minute video.
2021 Employment Situation of Women Veterans (VIDEO)
Holly Alvarado (No Choice) "Today, Holly Alvarado is a proud US military veteran. But in 2009, as she was getting ready to leave for a tour of duty in Iraq, she realized she was pregnant. She wanted to end the pregnancy and deploy with her team, but she couldn’t get an abortion from a military doctor because of a federal law restricting military abortions. This is her story." 5-minute video.
Service Women & Women Veterans Caucus "Bonnie Erbe [of PBS] speaks with Rep. Chrissy Houlahan & Rep. Mikie Sherrill about The Servicewomen and Women Veterans Congressional Caucus. The members aims to tackle issues that women face during and after active duty. 2019. 26-minute video.
Motherhood and the Military "The Motherhood in the Military panel discussion, sponsored by the Veterans History Project [of the Library of Congress], explores the dual roles of mother and soldier through the personal experiences of four service connected women." 65-minute video. 2021.