Kiowa County Public Library District

Private First Class Jessica Lynch retells the events surrounding her capture by Iraqi soldiers in March 2003, and her rescue by American troops.

Describes the experiences of three women soldiers deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq to reveal how their military service has affected their friendship, personal lives and families. Details the realities of their work on bases and in war zones and how their choices and losses shaped their perspectives.

A biography of the woman who served in the army during the Revolutionary War under the name Robert Shurtleff and who later lectured about her experiences.

The author explains how she was raped by a fellow soldier after joining the army, and how, struggling with PTSD and commanders who didn't trust her story, she found herself fighting through the isolation of trauma amid the challenges of an unexpected war.

"How much do you know about Deborah Sampson? Find out the facts you need to know about this woman who fought in the Revolutionary War. You'll learn about the early life, challenges, and major accomplishments of this important American"--

"Standing Up Against Hate tells the stories of the African American women who enlisted in the newly formed Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) in World War II. They quickly discovered that they faced as many obstacles in the armed forces as they did in everyday life. However, they refused to back down. They interrupted careers and left family, friends, and loved ones to venture into unknown and sometimes dangerous territory. They survived racial prejudice...

Joseph Bonsall, a long-time member of the Oak Ridge Boys, shares the story of the Pennsylvania couple who inspired his song "G.I. Joe and Lillie," telling how they met during World War II when she was a corporal in the Woman's Army Corp and he was a patient in an Army hospital, and how she honored her vow to stay with him and love him through good times and bad.

presents the energetic life of Sarah Edmonds, a Nova Scotia woman and Civil War soldier who served in the Second Michigan Volunteer Infantry under the name Franklin Thompson. Fleeing an abusive father and an unwanted marriage, 17-year old Sarah disguised herself as a man and made a living as a traveling book salesman.

In her award-winning Band of Sisters: American Women at War in Iraq, Kirsten Holmstedt described how female soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines are fighting on the front lines in Iraq despite the military's ban on women in combat. Now Holmstedt tells the stories of America's fighting women as they come home from Iraq. Some return with grave physical wounds, but all struggle with the psychological toll of battle while readjusting to life at home....