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Author Collins was in the first group of women trained for Navy service in 1942: her importance in developing procedures for the classification of six thousand women officer candidates and her encounters in a 'man's Navy' is revealed in a biographical account which is personal and inspiring. -- Midwest Book Review
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Interesting if a little surgar coated,
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This review is from: More Than a Uniform: A Navy Woman in a Navy Man's World (Paperback)
Captain Collins gives a very interesting and insightful look into the early trials of Women in the US Navy. Unfortunately one is left with the impression that this nerrative is a little short sided (like Captain Collins claim that she doesn't know of anyone discharged for being Lesbian in all her time in the WAVES.) That being said, the Captain is an inspiring woman and the book is a very nice read. If you are interested in WWII, or women in the Navy, this is a must read, due to the fact that the author is such an influancial figure in the time.
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It would have been comforting for me to know in 1916, when I was five years old, that I would spend the most momentous chapter of my professional life in the U.S. Navy. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
navy women officers, senior male officers, navy woman, enlisted women, senior petty officers, regular navy, woman officer, shore activities, enlisted woman, navy leaders, naval personnel, military women, navy men, navy life Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Navy League, Naval Academy, Pearl Harbor, Smith College, Bureau of Personnel, Los Angeles, Captain Collins, Captain Underwood, Admiral Nimitz, Bureau of Naval Personnel, Coast Guard, San Francisco, Public Law, Louise Wilde, New York, Admiral Collins, Admiral Halsey, Women's Officer Indoctrination School, Admiral Rodgers, Great Lakes, Helping Hand, Naval Training School, Naval War College, Nurse Corps New!
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It would have been comforting for me to know in 1916, when I was five years old, that I would spend the most momentous chapter of my professional life in the U.S. Navy. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
navy women officers, senior male officers, navy woman, enlisted women, senior petty officers, regular navy, woman officer, shore activities, enlisted woman, navy leaders, naval personnel, military women, navy men, navy life Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Navy League, Naval Academy, Pearl Harbor, Smith College, Bureau of Personnel, Los Angeles, Captain Collins, Captain Underwood, Admiral Nimitz, Bureau of Naval Personnel, Coast Guard, San Francisco, Public Law, Louise Wilde, New York, Admiral Collins, Admiral Halsey, Women's Officer Indoctrination School, Admiral Rodgers, Great Lakes, Helping Hand, Naval Training School, Naval War College, Nurse Corps New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- George Washington (American Lives: Presidents) by Rick Burke in Front Matter
- The Vietnam War (Twentieth-Century Wars (Palgrave Paperback)) by David L. Anderson in Front Matter
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