Invisible Veterans (eBook, ePUB)

What Happens When Military Women Become Civilians Again
Redaktion: Thomas, Kate Hendricks; Hunter, Kyleanne

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Spotlights the challenges faced by our increasing cadre of military women when their service ends and they become civilians.

Combining research with narrative, this book exposes common threads of lived experience and reviews the latest data on military women and their healthy reintegration into civilian society. Female veterans share their stories of seeking to be seen in a culture where they don't quite fit and their struggles to find community and friendship. Some fought during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, as the first women in combat in American history.

How and where, for example, does a female combat Marine find her tribe once she leaves the service? Through the stories of these courageous yet entirely human women, readers learn about the experiences of a new and often forgotten generation of veterans; about the challenges surrounding family and career choices that millions of American women face; and ultimately, about sacrifice, resiliency, loss, and love.

This book will inform readers with an interest in female veterans and women's health and mental health issues, as well as researchers, students, and professionals working in fields encompassing women's psychology, health, and social work.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Juli 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216104742
• Artikelnr.: 68167682

Autorenporträt

Kate Hendricks Thomas, PhD, is a Marine Corps veteran with a doctorate in health education and health promotion. Kyleanne Hunter, PhD, is a researcher, nonprofit executive, advocate, and speaker. She spent 12 years as an officer in the U.S. Marine Corps, flying the "Super Cobra" attack helicopter, with multiple combat tours.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Kate Hendricks Thomas and Kyleanne Hunter Foreword Carrie Ann
Alford Part I Issues Facing Women Veterans Chapter 1 No One Understands Us:
Mapping Experiences of Women in the U.S. Military Andrea N. Goldstein
Chapter 2 Listening for Home Teresa Fazio Chapter 3 Health Issues Facing
Women Veterans Kayla M. Williams Chapter 4 A Holistic Look at Women
Veterans and Employment Nancy A. Glowacki Chapter 5 Leaning In and Getting
Seen Erika Cashin Chapter 6 Belonging and Support for Servicewomen Kate
Hendricks Thomas, Ellen Haring, Justin T. McDaniel, Kari L. Fletcher, David
L. Albright, and Elizabeth Brandley Chapter 7 Finding My Voice as a Female
Veteran Antonieta Rico Part II Populations of Women Veterans Chapter 8
Across the Eras: Experiences of Older Women Veterans Kari L. Fletcher and
Cathleen A. Lewandowski Chapter 9 Taking a Knee RLynn Johnson Chapter 10
Queering the Warrior Archetype: LGBTQ Servicewomen Heliana Ramirez and
Katharine Bloeser Chapter 11 Beyond Invisible: Justice-Involved Women
Veterans Mariana Grohowski and Patricia Y. Jones Chapter 12 Military Sexual
Trauma Survivors in Transition Scott Jensen Chapter 13 Surviving Sarah
Plummer Taylor Part III Becoming Visible as a Woman Veteran Chapter 14
[Re]Negotiating Citizenship through Military Service Rebecca H. Best
Chapter 15 A Tale of Two Transitions Lydia Davey Chapter 16 The Power of
Mentoring for Women Veterans David Smith Chapter 17 The Way Forward:
Successful Outreach to Women Veterans Mary Beth Bruggeman and Gina Rosen
About the Editors and Contributors Index