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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Goldsmith, Connie, 1945– author.
Title: Women in the military : from drill sergeants to fighter pilots / by Connie
Goldsmith.
Description: Minneapolis : Twenty-First Century Books, [2019] | Includes
bibliographical references and index. | Audience: Grades 9–12. | Audience:
Ages 13–18. |
Identifiers: LCCN 2018026893 (print) | LCCN 2018028499 (ebook) |
ISBN 9781541557079 (eb pdf) | ISBN 9781541528123 (lb : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: United States—Armed Forces—Women—Juvenile literature. |
United States—Armed Forces—Women—Biography—Juvenile literature. |
Women soldiers—Biography—Juvenile literature. | Women soldiers—United
States—Social conditions—Juvenile literature. | United States—Armed Forces—
Women—Social conditions—Juvenile literature. | Women soldiers—Crimes
against—United States—Juvenile literature. | Sexual harassment in the military—
United States—Juvenile literature. | Women and the military—United States—
Juvenile literature. | Women in combat—United States—Juvenile literature.
Classification: LCC UB418.W65 (ebook) | LCC UB418.W65 G66 2019 (print) |
DDC 355.0092/520973—dc23
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This book is dedicated to all the women
who have served in the US military.
