Search Results: Returned 19 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 19
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By Nathan, Amy2004., National Geographic Society Call No: 355.1 NAT Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Reviews the history of American women's involvement in the Armed Forces from the Revolutionary War to the present.
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By Burke, Rick2003., Juvenile, Heinemann Library Call No: 921 GANNETT Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)View cover image provided by Mackin Series Title: American livesSummary Note: This is a biography of a young woman who, disguised as a man, served in the army during the American Revolution.
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2021., Juvenile, Calkins Creek/Boyds Mills & Kane Call No: B Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "When 25-year-old Grace Banker opened her mail from the Signal Corps, she couldn't believe her eyes. Not only did she get the call to serve overseas with the 1st Unit of World War I telephone operators, she was named their chief operator. Under Grace's leadership, the female operators, known as "Hello Girls" back in the States, endured bombings, explosions, fires, and freezing weather as they translated commands and transferred secret codes with lightning speed from battlefield headquarters. Their grit and courage helped win the war and earned Grace the Army's Distinguished Service Medal"--Jacket flap.
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-- I will pass for your comradec2008., Juvenile, Clarion Books Call No: 973.7 SIL Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Profiles the lives and service of a number of women who disguised themselves as men and fought during the Civil War.
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-- I will pass for your comradec2008., Juvenile, Clarion Books Call No: 973.7 4 082 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Profiles the lives and service of a number of women who disguised themselves as men and fought during the Civil War.
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c2002., Lucent Books Call No: 973.3 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: The way people liveSummary Note: A look at the Revolutionary times through the social conditions of the people.
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2002., Lucent Books ; Thomson/Gale Call No: 973.3 KAL Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: The way people liveSummary Note: Describes farm and village life, city life, soldier life, and the lives of women and African-Americans, free and slave, during the Revolutionary War; and also includes an annotated bibliography.
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2011., Juvenile, Abrams Books for Young Readers Call No: B EDM Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Presents the story of Sarah Emma Edmonds, a woman disguised as a man who joined the Michigan infantry during the Civil War and became a spy for the Union Army. Includes photos of Sarah dressed in a woman's clothing and also as the man known as Frank Thompson. Provides a glossary and an index.
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c2011., Juvenile, Abrams Books for Young Readers Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Moss and Hendrix tell the true story of Sarah Emma Edmonds, who at age nineteen disguised herself as a man in order to escape an arranged marriage. She took the name Frank Thompson and joined a Michigan army regiment to battle the Confederacy. Sarah excelled as a soldier and nurse on the battlefield. Because of her heroism, she was asked to become a spy. Her exciting story comes to life through the illustrations and storytelling of the authors.
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2011., Juvenile, Abrams Books for Young Readers Call No: 921 EDM Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A story of a nineteen-year-old woman who disguised herself as a man to avoid an unwanted marriage and who distinguished herself as a male nurse during the Civil War, and later as a spy for the Union Army.
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-- Sarah Edmonds, a Civil War hero2011., Primary, Abrams Books for Young Readers Call No: Biography EDMONDS Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Describes the life of Sarah Emma Edmonds, who disguised herself as a man, took the name Frank Thompson, joined a Michigan army regiment to fight in the Civil War, served as a nurse on the battlefield, and became a spy.
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-- Sarah Edmonds, a Civil War hero2011., Abrams Books for Young Readers Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Describes the life of Sarah Emma Edmonds, who disguised herself as a man, took the name Frank Thompson, joined a Michigan army regiment to fight in the Civil War, served as a nurse on the battlefield, and became a spy.
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By Myers, AlexÃ2014., Simon & Schuster Paperbacks Call No: HISTORICAL FICTION Edition: 1st Simon & Schuste Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A fictionalized account of the life of Deborah Sampson Gannett, who defied the rigid societal and social norms of her times to disguise herself as a man, join the Continental Army, and fight against the British during the American Revolution.
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c2015., Juvenile, Stone Arch Books/Capstone Call No: FIC Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Shadow Squadron Volume: 7Summary Note: Part way through integrating their first female member into the Shadow Squadron, Lieutenant Commander Ryan Cross and his team are called upon to investigate the possible kidnapping of a powerful senator's son in Mali, and find themselves confronting an infamous slaver called the Spider.
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c2011., Pre-adolescent, Carolrhoda Books Call No: B EDM Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Looks at the life of Sarah Emma Edmonds, a Canadian-born woman who disguised herself as a man to join the army during the Civil War, working as a nurse and then a spy for the Union.
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[2016], Adolescent, Charlesbridge Call No: REALISTIC F FLO Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Half-Navajo, half-white sisters Tess and Gaby are separated when Gaby drops out of college to join the army. Now as Gaby is deployed to Iraq, she asks Tess to care for Blue, the spirited horse that Tess dislikes. Tess struggles with her identity and with missing her sister, and she decides to spend the summer with her grandmother at sheep camp where tragedy strikes.
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2007., Juvenile, Chelsea Call No: 355.00 She Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Point-counterpointSummary Note: Provides divergent views on the roles, training, and status of women in the armed forces.
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2004., Juvenile, Rosen Pub. Call No: 973.3 092 2 Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Profiles eight women whose work as soldiers, spies, and patriots influenced the outcome of the American Revolution. Contnet includes: Deborah Samson -- Nancy Morgan Hart -- Lydia Darragh -- Mercy Otis Warren -- Esther DeBerdt Reed -- Elizabeth Martin -- Sybil Ludington -- Margaret Corbin -- After the war.
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2004., Rosen Pub. Group Call No: 973.38 KNE Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Table of contents Series Title: American women at warSummary Note: Discusses what women did to help in the war efforts as well as at home during the Revolutionary War.
