Laguardia-Kotite Martha Laguardia-Kotite

Changing the Rules of Engagement (eBook, ePUB)

Inspiring Stories of Courage and Leadership from Women in the Military

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Changing the Rules of Engagement documents the lives of American women who have shattered the glass ceiling and performed extraordinary feats while serving their country in the military. By telling their stories about their remarkable careers in traditionally male-dominated environments, Martha LaGuardia-Kotite demonstrates how tenacious and courageous women can achieve the unimaginable.Among the pioneering women profiled are Vivien Crea, who as vice commandant of the Coast Guard held the highest position of any woman in the history of the U.S. military; Tammy Duckworth, a Purple Heart recipient and triple amputee who was shot down in Iraq while piloting a helicopter; and Heather Wilson, an Air Force Academy graduate, Rhodes scholar, and the country's only female veteran in Congress. Included are the inspirational stories of women Marines, one of the three female Space Shuttle commanders, and the first female members of the military service academies' gender-integrated classes, who recall the highs and lows of their trailblazing experiences.These are only a few of the remarkable women who tell their own inspiring stories. Representative of a widely diverse group of enlisted women and officers from different races and cultures, they have succeeded since the mid-1970s at combating prejudices and aiding change in the military with intelligence, passion, and honor.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Nebraska
• Seitenzahl: 204
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781597978743
• Artikelnr.: 37970907

Autorenporträt

MARTHA LAGUARDIA-KOTITE is a commander in the United States Coast Guard Reserve and has served with distinction, earning many personal awards during her twenty-two years of duty. A spokesperson for the Coast Guard, a freelance writer, and an award-winning author of So Others May Live: Coast Guard Rescue Swimmers Saving Lives, Defying Death (Lyons Press, 2006), her work has appeared in top-tier publications and newspapers. She lives on the Emerald Coast, Florida, with her husband and two sons.