Women Against the Good War: Conscientious Objection and Gender on the American Home Front, 1941-1947

507 Pages·1997·1.4 MB·English

by  Rachel Waltner Goossen

title :Women against the Good War : Conscientious Objection and
Gender On the American Home Front, 1941-1947 Gender &
American Culture
author :Goossen, Rachel Waltner.
publisher :University of North Carolina Press
isbn10 |:080782366X
asin
print :9780807823668
isbn13
ebook :9780807861721
isbn13
language :English
subject World War, 1939-1945--Conscientious objectors--United States,
World War, 1939-1945--Moral and ethical aspects, World War,
1939-1945--Women--United States, Women--United States--
History--20th century.
publication:1997
date
lcc :D810.C82G66 1997eb
ddc :940.53/162
subject :World War, 1939-1945--Conscientious objectors--United States,
World War, 1939-1945--Moral and ethical aspects, World War,
1939-1945--Women--United States, Women--United States--
History--20th century.
Page i
Women Against the Good War
Page ii
Gender & American Culture
COEDITORS
Linda K. Kerber
Nell Irvin Painter
EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD
Nancy Cott
Cathy N. Davidson
Thadious Davis
Jane Sherron De Hart
Sara Evans
Mary Kelley
Annette Kolodny
Wendy Martin
Janice Radway
Barbara Sicherman
Page iii
Women Against the Good War
Conscientious Objection and Gender on the
American Home Front, 1941-1947
Rachel Waltner Goossen
The University of North Carolina Press
Chapel Hill and London
Page iv
© 1997
The University of North Carolina Press
All rights reserved
Manufactured in the United States of America
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permanence and durability of the Committee on
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Goossen, Rachel Waltner.
Women against the Good War: conscientious objection
and gender on the American home front, 1941-1947/by
Rachel Waltner Goossen.
p. cm. (Gender & American culture)
Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.
ISBN 0-8078-2366-x (cloth: alk. paper).
ISBN 0-8078-4672-4 (pbk.: alk. paper)
1. World War, 1939-1945 Conscientious objectors
United States. 2. World War, 1939-1945 Moral and
ethical aspects. 3. World War, 1939-1945 Women
United States. 4. Women United States History 20th
century. I. Title. II. Series.
D810.C82G66 1997
940.53'162 dc21 97-9885
CIP
01 00 99 98 97 5 4 3 2 1
Portions of this work appeared previously in Rachel
Waltner Goossen, "The `Second Sex' and the `Second
Milers': Mennonite Women and Civilian Public Service,"
Mennonite Quarterly Review 66 (October 1992): 525-38.
Page v
FOR MY PARENTS
Page vii
Contents
Acknowledgments xi
Abbreviations xiii
Introduction 1
Chapter 1. The Conscripting of Civilians 11
Chapter 2. Am I Worth Dying For? 29
Chapter 3. No Girl Should Marry into This Kind 44
of Life
Chapter 4. Looking for a Few Good Women 69
Chapter 5. Collegiate Women Pacifists 94
Chapter 6. In the Aftermath of War 112
Conclusion 129
Appendix: Questionnaire on Women and Civilian 133
Public Service
Notes 137