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So as we leave world war ii and the legislation that gave women a permanent part of the military, we are we wait just a few short years and we are faced with war on the korean peninsula. There was such a concern that it would be a world war, like world war ii was that we recalled people to service, to be sure we had people in place to be part of this war and many of them were women as well for the first time. It didnt turn out that way that we needed that many. At any rate, most of the women who served in korea on the ground were army nurses. It was a horrendous situation with, they would barely get established and set up a hospital and they would have to move. We have one diary from a woman, a nurse, who talked about setting up a hospital in an abandoned school. It was dirty, and it was hot but they needed to close the windows because rats crawled up the outside of the building. And those were the conditions under which someone served. There were long hours of duty for all of us. We w
Women a permanent part of the military, we are we wait just a few short years and we are faced with war on the korean peninsula. There was such a concern that it would be a world war, like world war ii was that we recalled people to service, to be sure we had people in place to be part of this war and many of them were women as well for the first time. It didnt turn out that way that we needed that many. At any rate, most of the women who served in korea on the ground were army nurses. It was a horrendous situation with, they would barely get established and set up a hospital and they would have to move. We have one diary from a woman, a nurse, who talked about setting up a hospital in an abandoned school. It was dirty, and it was hot but they needed to close the windows because rats crawled up the outside of the building. And those were the conditions under which someone served. There were long hours of duty for all of us. We worked from 18 to 24 hours, 36 hours around the clock. This
So let me remind you of how the festival works. We are going to happen author speak now for 30 minutes, followed by a ten minute q a, and then i walk the author out to the front of the Visitors Center to sign books, and you can purchase her book and a new deal bookstore and then meet the author and discuss the book even more. So our next author today is sandra bolzenius. She is a teacher and a story. For two decades she lived abroad first as a soldier in the United States army serving in germany and later as a teacher in International Schools in europe, africa and asia. She earned her doctorate in history at Ohio State University where our focus on gender, africanamerican history, gender and African American history link to the publication of a book glory in their spirit how four black women took on the army during world war ii. She is active in the National Grassroots movement moved to amend. For occupation, travels state of the net is reflector interest in the dynamics of gender, rac
American history tv programs at cspan. Org history. As we leave world war ii and legislation that gave women a permanent part of the military, we are we wait a few short years, and we are faced with war on the korean peninsula. There was such a concern that it would be a world war, like world war ii was, that we recalled people to service, to be sure we had people in place to be part of this war. And many of them were women as well. For the first time. It didnt turn out that way we needed that many. But at any rate, most of the women who served in korea on the ground were army nurses. It was a horrendous situation. They would barely get established and set up a hospital. And they would have to move. We have one diary from a woman, a nurse who talked about setting up a hospital in an abandoned school. It was dirty. And it it was hot. But they needed to close the windows because rats crawled up the outside of buildings. So those were the conditions under which these women served. Long ho