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Philippa StrumPublication Details
BookUniversity Press of Kansas2002Availability
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VMI claimed that its system of toughening individuals for leadership was even more stringent than military service and that the system would be destroyed if the Institute were forced to accommodate women. Strum interviewed lawyers from Justice and VMI, heads of concerned women’s groups, and VMI administrators, faculty, and cadets to reconstruct the arguments in this important case. Women in the Barracks is a case study that combines both legal and cultural history, reviewing the long history of male elitism in the military as it explores how new ideas about gender equality have developed in the United States. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Subject
- Virginia Military Institute — Trials, litigation, etc
- Educational equalization — Law and legislation — United States
- Sex discrimination in education — Law and legislation — United States
- Military education — Law and legislation — United States
- Women — Education — Law and legislation — United States
- United States — Trials, litigation, etc
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- "Women in the Barracks is a case study that combines both legal and cultural history, reviewing the long history of male elitism in the military as it explores how new ideas about gender equality have developed in the United States. An engrossing story of change versus tradition, it is clear and accessible for general readers, yet highly instructive and valuable for students and scholars. As questions continue to evolve concerning the role of state funding for single-sex education, Strum’s book squarely addresses competing notions of women’s place and capabilities in American society."–BOOK JACKET
Contents
- Introduction: A Fantasy and a True Story
- 1. A Crowd of Honorable Youths
- 2. From the Civil War to the Civil Rights Era
- 3. Brother Rat
- 4. The Advocate
- 5. Women Making Laws for Women - and Men
- 6. Birth of a Lawsuit
- 7. Countersuit
- 8. GI Joe and GI Jane
- 9. The Lady and the Soldier
- 10. In Judge Kiser’s Court
- 11. If Women Were Rats
- 12. The Judge and the Drummer
- 13. In a Higher Court
- 14. In a Different Voice
- 15. Back in Judge Kiser’s Court
- 16. The Fife and the Drum, Separate but Equal
- 17. Anticipating the Justices
- 18. Other Voices
- 19. Speaking to the Nation’s Highest Court
- 20. The High Court Replies
- 21. Bringing Women into the Choir
- 22. The Fife and the Drum, Together at Last
ISBN
- 0700611649
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