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100 1 $aGoossen, Rachel Waltner.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84042620
245 10 $aWomen against the good war :$bconscientious objection and gender on the American home front, 1941-1947 /$cRachel Waltner Goossen.
260 $aChapel Hill :$bUniversity of North Carolina Press,$c[1997], ©1997.
300 $axii, 180 pages :$billustrations, map ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
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490 1 $aGender & American culture
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [159]-174) and index.
520 $aDuring World War II, more than 12,000 male conscientious objectors seeking alternatives to military service entered Civilian Public Service to do forestry, soil conservation, or other "work of national importance." But this government-sponsored, church-supported program also attracted some 2,000 women - most of whom were part of Mennonite, Amish, Brethren, or Quaker families with deeply held antiwar beliefsto 151 alternative service locations across the country.
520 8 $aRachel Waltner Goossen tells the story of these women against the "good war," women who identified themselves as conscientious objectors. Despite cultural hostility and discriminatory federal policies, they sought to demonstrate their humanitarian convictions by taking part in Civilian Public Service work.
520 8 $aBased on little-known archival sources as well as oral history interviews and questionnaire responses, Goossen's study reveals the extent to which these women's religious and philosophical beliefs placed them on the margins of American society. Encouraged by religious traditions that prized nonconformity, these women made unusual choices, questioned government dictums, and defied societal expectations; all of which set them apart from the millions of Americans who supported the war effort.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xConscientious objectors$zUnited States.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010119239
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xMoral and ethical aspects.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85148446
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xWomen$zUnited States.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008113676
650 0 $aWomen$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010118956
830 0 $aGender & American culture.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n86746900
852 00 $bglx$hD810.C82$iG66 1997
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