Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

2008

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]

Beoku-Betts, Josephine

Abstract

This thesis addresses the integration of women soldiers into the masculine-dominated institution of the United States military services. It chronicles the history of women as soldiers from the Revolutionary War to the present conflict in Iraq. This study first examines the gendered marginalization of women in the United States military, investigating and analyzing women's participation in the areas of recruitment, training, deployment, and rank, establishing that women are marginalized. Following . that examination, I argue that women soldiers are agents using the court system to challenge their marginalized identity as soldiers. I conclude by suggesting that women soldiers are working to achieve a critical mass that will empower them to change the military from within.

Extent

116 p.

Comments

Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters|Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2008.|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters

Identifier

FA00000897

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