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They served too
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They served too
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the unique experiences of female Vietnam veterans
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Natalo-Lifton
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Ariel Natalo-Lifton
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Beryl
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Beryl Satter
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Rutgers University
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Graduate School - Newark
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theses
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2014
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2014-05
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Military women have been written out of the historical record, despite the fact that they have served in the United States military since the beginning of time. This thesis seeks to place women back in their rightful place in military history by exploring the unique experiences of U.S. military women during the Vietnam War and the immediate post-war. It analyzes gender, race, sexuality, and sexual assault in the military, among military women who served in Vietnam and stateside. Furthermore, it examines the coping mechanisms utilized by servicewomen and their memories of war, looking at how history has been rewritten to exclude references to anything that may have complicated the perceptions of military women as noble pillars of American virtue. As the war drew to a close, the military began to change with the creation of the all volunteer force, and this project explores the gains made by servicewomen during the last years of the war and shortly after the war, but also the backlash that halted the fight for military equality and allowed for women’s contributions to be forgotten and. In the immediate post-war period, this thesis delves into women’s experiences returning to civilian life and healing from war. While veterans always face challenges reacclimating, Vietnam-era female veterans faced their own challenges, many due to their status as non-veterans and the backlash that wrote their service out of military history. By analyzing experiences specific to Vietnam-era military women, this dissertation seeks to complicate military history.
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History
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Participation, Female
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Rutgers University Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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iv, 88 p. : ill.
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M.A.
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by Ariel Natalo-Lifton
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United States--Armed Forces--Women
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Graduate School - Newark Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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doi:10.7282/T3ZW1J50
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ETD graduate
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Natalo-Lifton
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Ariel
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2014-05-01 13:38:04
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I hereby grant to the Rutgers University Libraries and to my school the non-exclusive right to archive, reproduce and distribute my thesis or dissertation, in whole or in part, and/or my abstract, in whole or in part, in and from an electronic format, subject to the release date subsequently stipulated in this submittal form and approved by my school. I represent and stipulate that the thesis or dissertation and its abstract are my original work, that they do not infringe or violate any rights of others, and that I make these grants as the sole owner of the rights to my thesis or dissertation and its abstract. I represent that I have obtained written permissions, when necessary, from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis or dissertation and will supply copies of such upon request by my school. I acknowledge that RU ETD and my school will not distribute my thesis or dissertation or its abstract if, in their reasonable judgment, they believe all such rights have not been secured. I acknowledge that I retain ownership rights to the copyright of my work. I also retain the right to use all or part of this thesis or dissertation in future works, such as articles or books.
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