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Spotlights the challenges faced by our increasing cadre of military women when their service ends and they become civilians.Combining research with narrative, this book exposes common threads of lived experience and reviews the latest data on military women and their healthy reintegration into civilian society. Female veterans share their stories of seeking to be seen in a culture where they don't quite fit and their struggles to find community and friendship. Some fought during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, as the first women in combat in American history.
How and where, for example, does a female combat Marine find her tribe once she leaves the service? Through the stories of these courageous yet entirely human women, readers learn about the experiences of a new and often forgotten generation of veterans; about the challenges surrounding family and career choices that millions of American women face; and ultimately, about sacrifice, resiliency, loss, and love.
This book will inform readers with an interest in female veterans and women's health and mental health issues, as well as researchers, students, and professionals working in fields encompassing women's psychology, health, and social work.
List of contents
PrefaceKate Hendricks Thomas and Kyleanne HunterForewordCarrie Ann AlfordPart I Issues Facing Women VeteransChapter 1 No One Understands Us: Mapping Experiences of Women in the U.S. Military
Andrea N. GoldsteinChapter 2 Listening for Home
Teresa FazioChapter 3 Health Issues Facing Women Veterans
Kayla M. WilliamsChapter 4 A Holistic Look at Women Veterans and Employment
Nancy A. GlowackiChapter 5 Leaning In and Getting Seen
Erika CashinChapter 6 Belonging and Support for Servicewomen
Kate Hendricks Thomas, Ellen Haring, Justin T. McDaniel, Kari L. Fletcher, David L. Albright, and Elizabeth BrandleyChapter 7 Finding My Voice as a Female Veteran
Antonieta RicoPart II Populations of Women VeteransChapter 8 Across the Eras: Experiences of Older Women Veterans
Kari L. Fletcher and Cathleen A. LewandowskiChapter 9 Taking a Knee
RLynn JohnsonChapter 10 Queering the Warrior Archetype: LGBTQ Servicewomen
Heliana Ramirez and Katharine BloeserChapter 11 Beyond Invisible: Justice-Involved Women Veterans
Mariana Grohowski and Patricia Y. JonesChapter 12 Military Sexual Trauma Survivors in Transition
Scott JensenChapter 13 Surviving
Sarah Plummer TaylorPart III Becoming Visible as a Woman VeteranChapter 14 [Re]Negotiating Citizenship through Military Service
Rebecca H. BestChapter 15 A Tale of Two Transitions
Lydia DaveyChapter 16 The Power of Mentoring for Women Veterans
David SmithChapter 17 The Way Forward: Successful Outreach to Women Veterans
Mary Beth Bruggeman and Gina RosenAbout the Editors and ContributorsIndex
About the author
Kate Hendricks Thomas, PhD, is a Marine Corps veteran with a doctorate in health education and health promotion.
Kyleanne Hunter, PhD, is a researcher, nonprofit executive, advocate, and speaker. She spent 12 years as an officer in the U.S. Marine Corps, flying the "Super Cobra" attack helicopter, with multiple combat tours.
