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Women Against the Good War
Rachel Waltner Goossen
其他書名
Conscientious Objection and Gender on the American Home Front, 1941-1947
出版
University of North Carolina Press
, 1997
主題
History / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General
History / United States / 20th Century
History / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
History / Women
Social Science / Women's Studies
ISBN
080782366X
9780807823668
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=2g5nAAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
During 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 beliefs--to 151 alternative service locations across the country. Rachel 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. Based 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.