عنوان

Protecting the home front :

1476672121

9781476672120

9781476630632 (ebook)

Protecting the home front :

[Book]

women in civil defense in the early Cold War /

Michael Scheibach.

Jefferson, North Carolina :

McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,

[2017]

viii, 248 pages :

illustrations, facsimiles ;

23 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pt. I. Call to duty. Women's challenge -- "Georgia women in civil defense" -- "Challenge for security and survival : manual for women in civil defense" -- pt. II. Beyond containment. Gender and the FCDA -- "President Truman's message to Congress on the Federal Civil Defense Administration" -- "Katherine Howard's speech on security at home" -- pt. III. Organized support. Members in good standing -- "Pledge for home defense" -- "Texans on the alert for civil defense and disaster relief" -- pt. IV. On guard. Serving the community -- "This is civil defense" -- "The warden's handbook" -- pt. V. Aid and comfort. Joining the ranks -- "Police services" -- "The nurse in civil defense" -- pt. VI. Be prepared. Home protection and preparedness -- "Women in civil defense" -- " Get acquainted with the Home Defense Corps" -- "Individual and family preparedness" -- pt. VII. Out of the kitchen. Feeding family and the masses -- "Emergency mass feeding instructor course" -- "Basic course in emergency mass feeding handbook".

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"Comprising 70 percent or more of civil defense workers at the height of the Cold War, American women served as FCDA wardens, nurses, home preparedness advisors, coordinators of mass feeding drills, rescue and emergency management personnel, and in various local, state, regional and national organizations. The author examines the roles they filled to promote homeland protection and preparedness"--

Women in civil defense in the early Cold War

United States.-- History.

United States.

Civil defense-- United States-- History-- 20th century.

Cold War-- Social aspects-- United States.

Sex role-- United States-- History-- 20th century.

Women and war-- United States-- History-- 20th century.

Civil defense.

Sex role.

Social aspects.

Women and war.

United States.

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