Non-Fiction About Women in the Military

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Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers Who Helped Win World War II
Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers Who Helped Win World War II 3.96 avg rating — 29,163 ratings
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Ashley's War: The Untold Story of a Team of Women Soldiers on the Special Ops Battlefield
Ashley's War: The Untold Story of a Team of Women Soldiers on the Special Ops Battlefield 4.32 avg rating — 5,906 ratings
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The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II
The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II 3.73 avg rating — 31,442 ratings
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War's Unwomanly Face
War's Unwomanly Face 4.51 avg rating — 37,432 ratings
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The Woman Who Smashed Codes: A True Story of Love, Spies, and the Unlikely Heroine who Outwitted America's Enemies
The Woman Who Smashed Codes: A True Story of Love, Spies, and the Unlikely Heroine who Outwitted America's Enemies 4.09 avg rating — 23,146 ratings
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Women Heroes of World War II: 26 Stories of Espionage, Sabotage, Resistance, and Rescue
Women Heroes of World War II: 26 Stories of Espionage, Sabotage, Resistance, and Rescue 4.06 avg rating — 1,547 ratings
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Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War
Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War 3.76 avg rating — 16,838 ratings
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Pure Grit: How American World War II Nurses Survived Battle and Prison Camp in the Pacific
Pure Grit: How American World War II Nurses Survived Battle and Prison Camp in the Pacific 4.19 avg rating — 634 ratings
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Spymistress: The Life of Vera Atkins, the Greatest Female Secret Agent of World War II
Spymistress: The Life of Vera Atkins, the Greatest Female Secret Agent of World War II 3.74 avg rating — 2,036 ratings
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Caged Eyes: An Air Force Cadet's Story of Rape and Resilience
Caged Eyes: An Air Force Cadet's Story of Rape and Resilience 4.71 avg rating — 107 ratings
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Night Witches: The Amazing Story Of Russia's Women Pilots in World War II
Night Witches: The Amazing Story Of Russia's Women Pilots in World War II 4.19 avg rating — 471 ratings
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The Lonely Soldier: The Private War of Women Serving in Iraq
The Lonely Soldier: The Private War of Women Serving in Iraq 4.13 avg rating — 297 ratings
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Code Name: Lise: The True Story of the Woman Who Became WWII's Most Highly Decorated Spy
Code Name: Lise: The True Story of the Woman Who Became WWII's Most Highly Decorated Spy 3.99 avg rating — 11,605 ratings
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Soldier Girls: The Battles of Three Women at Home and at War
Soldier Girls: The Battles of Three Women at Home and at War 3.83 avg rating — 2,306 ratings
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Love My Rifle More than You: Young and Female in the U.S. Army
Love My Rifle More than You: Young and Female in the U.S. Army 3.63 avg rating — 1,125 ratings
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Undaunted: The Real Story of America's Servicewomen in Today's Military
Undaunted: The Real Story of America's Servicewomen in Today's Military 4.14 avg rating — 529 ratings
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Lady Death: The Memoirs of Stalin's Sniper
Lady Death: The Memoirs of Stalin's Sniper 4.05 avg rating — 890 ratings
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Shoot Like a Girl: One Woman's Dramatic Fight in Afghanistan and on the Home Front
Shoot Like a Girl: One Woman's Dramatic Fight in Afghanistan and on the Home Front 4.15 avg rating — 3,060 ratings
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A Thousand Sisters: The Heroic Airwomen of the Soviet Union in World War II
A Thousand Sisters: The Heroic Airwomen of the Soviet Union in World War II 3.90 avg rating — 803 ratings
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The Warrior Queens
The Warrior Queens 3.71 avg rating — 2,786 ratings
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The Secret Rescue: An Untold Story of American Nurses and Medics Behind Nazi Lines
The Secret Rescue: An Untold Story of American Nurses and Medics Behind Nazi Lines 3.74 avg rating — 2,008 ratings
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Band of Sisters
Band of Sisters 3.77 avg rating — 963 ratings
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Formation: A Woman's Memoir of Stepping Out of Line
Formation: A Woman's Memoir of Stepping Out of Line 4.22 avg rating — 698 ratings
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Warrior Women: An Archaeologist's Search for History's Hidden Heroines
Warrior Women: An Archaeologist's Search for History's Hidden Heroines 3.88 avg rating — 329 ratings
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Tough As Nails: One Woman's Journey Through West Point
Tough As Nails: One Woman's Journey Through West Point 3.88 avg rating — 174 ratings
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Forty Autumns: A Family's Story of Courage and Survival on Both Sides of the Berlin Wall
Forty Autumns: A Family's Story of Courage and Survival on Both Sides of the Berlin Wall 4.37 avg rating — 12,283 ratings
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Boudicca: The Warrior Queen
Boudicca: The Warrior Queen
by: M.J. Trow
3.57 avg rating — 147 ratings
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Changing the Rules of Engagement: Inspiring Stories of Courage and Leadership from Women in the Military
Changing the Rules of Engagement: Inspiring Stories of Courage and Leadership from Women in the Military 4.07 avg rating — 15 ratings
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The Women Who Lived for Danger: The Agents of the Special Operations Executive
The Women Who Lived for Danger: The Agents of the Special Operations Executive 3.73 avg rating — 306 ratings
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This Is My War, Too: My Life in the Women's Army Corps
This Is My War, Too: My Life in the Women's Army Corps 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings
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And If I Perish: Frontline U.S. Army Nurses in World War II
And If I Perish: Frontline U.S. Army Nurses in World War II 4.36 avg rating — 1,224 ratings
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Joan of Arc: A History
Joan of Arc: A History 3.75 avg rating — 2,278 ratings
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Amelia Earhart's Daughters: The Wild And Glorious Story Of American Women Aviators From World War II To The Dawn Of The Space Age
Amelia Earhart's Daughters: The Wild And Glorious Story Of American Women Aviators From World War II To The Dawn Of The Space Age 4.09 avg rating — 110 ratings
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We Band of Angels: The Untold Story of American Nurses Trapped on Bataan by the Japanese
We Band of Angels: The Untold Story of American Nurses Trapped on Bataan by the Japanese 4.28 avg rating — 4,732 ratings
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When Women First Wore Army Shoes: A First-Person Account Of Service As A Member Of The Women'S Army Corps During Wwii.
When Women First Wore Army Shoes: A First-Person Account Of Service As A Member Of The Women'S Army Corps During Wwii. 3.81 avg rating — 21 ratings
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Shadow Warriors of World War II: The Daring Women of the OSS and SOE
Shadow Warriors of World War II: The Daring Women of the OSS and SOE 3.69 avg rating — 267 ratings
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When I Was a Soldier
When I Was a Soldier 3.66 avg rating — 588 ratings
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Tomorrow to Be Brave: A Memoir of the Only Woman Ever to Serve in the French Foreign Legion
Tomorrow to Be Brave: A Memoir of the Only Woman Ever to Serve in the French Foreign Legion 4.09 avg rating — 357 ratings
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The Secret Life of Bletchley Park: The WWII Codebreaking Centre and the Men and Women Who Worked There
The Secret Life of Bletchley Park: The WWII Codebreaking Centre and the Men and Women Who Worked There 3.81 avg rating — 4,195 ratings
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Avenging Angels: The Young Women of the Soviet Union's WWII Sniper Corps
Avenging Angels: The Young Women of the Soviet Union's WWII Sniper Corps 3.83 avg rating — 153 ratings
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Warrior Women: 3000 Years of Courage and Heroism
Warrior Women: 3000 Years of Courage and Heroism 3.88 avg rating — 114 ratings
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Hell Hath No Fury: True Stories of Women at War from Antiquity to Iraq
Hell Hath No Fury: True Stories of Women at War from Antiquity to Iraq 3.74 avg rating — 81 ratings
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The Girls Come Marching Home: Stories of Women Warriors Returning from the War in Iraq
The Girls Come Marching Home: Stories of Women Warriors Returning from the War in Iraq 3.85 avg rating — 171 ratings
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To the Angels
To the Angels 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings
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The Women Who Flew for Hitler: The True Story of Hitler's Valkyries
The Women Who Flew for Hitler: The True Story of Hitler's Valkyries 4.20 avg rating — 544 ratings
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The Hello Girls: America's First Women Soldiers
The Hello Girls: America's First Women Soldiers 3.85 avg rating — 974 ratings
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The Women's Army Auxiliary Corps in France, 1917 - 1921: Women Urgently Wanted
The Women's Army Auxiliary Corps in France, 1917 - 1921: Women Urgently Wanted 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Our Mothers' War: American Women at Home and at the Front During World War II
Our Mothers' War: American Women at Home and at the Front During World War II 4.09 avg rating — 713 ratings
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The Underground Girls of Kabul: In Search of a Hidden Resistance in Afghanistan
The Underground Girls of Kabul: In Search of a Hidden Resistance in Afghanistan 4.11 avg rating — 13,996 ratings
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They Fought Like Demons: Women Soldiers in the Civil War
They Fought Like Demons: Women Soldiers in the Civil War 3.71 avg rating — 632 ratings
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Code Name Pauline: Memoirs of a World War II Special Agent (5) (Women of Action)
Code Name Pauline: Memoirs of a World War II Special Agent (5) (Women of Action) 3.60 avg rating — 479 ratings
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Unbecoming: A Memoir of Disobedience
Unbecoming: A Memoir of Disobedience 3.78 avg rating — 584 ratings
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A Woman of Valor: Clara Barton and the Civil War
A Woman of Valor: Clara Barton and the Civil War 3.87 avg rating — 260 ratings
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Her Cold War: Women in the U.S. Military, 1945–1980
Her Cold War: Women in the U.S. Military, 1945–1980 4.64 avg rating — 14 ratings
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Call of Duty: A Montana Girl in World War II
Call of Duty: A Montana Girl in World War II 4.27 avg rating — 11 ratings
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I'll Pass for Your Comrade: Women Soldiers in the Civil War
I'll Pass for Your Comrade: Women Soldiers in the Civil War 3.64 avg rating — 154 ratings
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Patriots in Disguise: Women Warriors of the Civil War
Patriots in Disguise: Women Warriors of the Civil War 3.35 avg rating — 26 ratings
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A Higher Standard: Leadership Strategies from America's First Female Four-Star General
A Higher Standard: Leadership Strategies from America's First Female Four-Star General 3.93 avg rating — 391 ratings
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Standing Up Against Hate: How Black Women in the Army Helped Change the Course of WWII
Standing Up Against Hate: How Black Women in the Army Helped Change the Course of WWII 4.24 avg rating — 114 ratings
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In the Men's House: An Inside Account of Life in the Army by One of West Point's First Female Graduates
In the Men's House: An Inside Account of Life in the Army by One of West Point's First Female Graduates 3.44 avg rating — 45 ratings
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Dickey Chapelle Under Fire: Photographs by the First American Female War Correspondent Killed in Action
Dickey Chapelle Under Fire: Photographs by the First American Female War Correspondent Killed in Action 4.25 avg rating — 40 ratings
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The Few, The Proud: Women Marines in Harm's Way
The Few, The Proud: Women Marines in Harm's Way 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings
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Women to the Front: Australian Women Doctors of the First World War
Women to the Front: Australian Women Doctors of the First World War 3.84 avg rating — 51 ratings
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Secret Service: Untold Stories of Lesbians in the Military
Secret Service: Untold Stories of Lesbians in the Military 3.83 avg rating — 18 ratings
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Flying Higher: The Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II
Flying Higher: The Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II 4.03 avg rating — 38 ratings
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Fight Like a Girl: The Truth Behind How Female Marines Are Trained
Fight Like a Girl: The Truth Behind How Female Marines Are Trained 3.80 avg rating — 206 ratings
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Fly Girls: How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation History
Fly Girls: How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation History 3.92 avg rating — 9,091 ratings
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Between the Dances: World War II Women Tell Their Stories
Between the Dances: World War II Women Tell Their Stories 3.60 avg rating — 10 ratings
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Coming Out Under Fire: The History of Gay Men and Women in World War Two
Coming Out Under Fire: The History of Gay Men and Women in World War Two 4.27 avg rating — 1,068 ratings
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Inside the Battle of Algiers: Memoir of a Woman Freedom Fighter
Inside the Battle of Algiers: Memoir of a Woman Freedom Fighter 4.36 avg rating — 168 ratings
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D-Day Girls: The Spies Who Armed the Resistance, Sabotaged the Nazis, and Helped Win World War II
D-Day Girls: The Spies Who Armed the Resistance, Sabotaged the Nazis, and Helped Win World War II 3.77 avg rating — 6,236 ratings
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A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II
A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II 4.15 avg rating — 58,221 ratings
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Manchu Princess, Japanese Spy: The Story of Kawashima Yoshiko, the Cross-Dressing Spy Who Commanded Her Own Army
Manchu Princess, Japanese Spy: The Story of Kawashima Yoshiko, the Cross-Dressing Spy Who Commanded Her Own Army 3.25 avg rating — 137 ratings
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Soldier, Sister, Spy, Scout: Women Soldiers and Patriots on the Western Frontier
Soldier, Sister, Spy, Scout: Women Soldiers and Patriots on the Western Frontier 3.75 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Flying for Her Country: The American and Soviet Women Military Pilots of World War II
Flying for Her Country: The American and Soviet Women Military Pilots of World War II 3.47 avg rating — 62 ratings
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Women Military Pilots of World War II: A History with Biographies of American, British, Russian and German Aviators
Women Military Pilots of World War II: A History with Biographies of American, British, Russian and German Aviators 3.75 avg rating — 8 ratings
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All This Hell: U.S. Nurses Imprisoned by the Japanese
All This Hell: U.S. Nurses Imprisoned by the Japanese 4.30 avg rating — 199 ratings
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Yankee Doodle Gals: Women Pilots Of World War II
Yankee Doodle Gals: Women Pilots Of World War II 4.07 avg rating — 83 ratings
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The Amazons: Lives and Legends of Warrior Women across the Ancient World
The Amazons: Lives and Legends of Warrior Women across the Ancient World 4.13 avg rating — 1,245 ratings
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A Few Good Women: America's Military Women from World War I to the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
A Few Good Women: America's Military Women from World War I to the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan 3.78 avg rating — 69 ratings
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Serving Our Country: Japanese American Women in the Military during World War II
Serving Our Country: Japanese American Women in the Military during World War II 3.54 avg rating — 13 ratings
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Rule Number Two: Lessons I Learned in a Combat Hospital
Rule Number Two: Lessons I Learned in a Combat Hospital 4.21 avg rating — 1,174 ratings
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An Uncommon Soldier: The Civil War Letters of Sarah Rosetta Wakeman, alias Pvt. Lyons Wakeman, 153rd Regiment, New York State Volunteers, 1862-1864
An Uncommon Soldier: The Civil War Letters of Sarah Rosetta Wakeman, alias Pvt. Lyons Wakeman, 153rd Regiment, New York State Volunteers, 1862-1864 3.87 avg rating — 223 ratings
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The Secret History of the Mongol Queens: How the Daughters of Genghis Khan Rescued His Empire
The Secret History of the Mongol Queens: How the Daughters of Genghis Khan Rescued His Empire 3.93 avg rating — 4,563 ratings
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Soldaderas in the Mexican Military: Myth and History
Soldaderas in the Mexican Military: Myth and History 3.94 avg rating — 35 ratings
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The First, the Few, the Forgotten: Navy and Marine Corps Women in World War I
The First, the Few, the Forgotten: Navy and Marine Corps Women in World War I 4.10 avg rating — 10 ratings
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Women of the U.S. Marine Corps
Women of the U.S. Marine Corps 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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American Women in World War I: They Also Served
American Women in World War I: They Also Served 4.02 avg rating — 47 ratings
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Milicianas: Women in Combat in the Spanish Civil War
Milicianas: Women in Combat in the Spanish Civil War 4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Creating G. I. Jane
Creating G. I. Jane 3.96 avg rating — 46 ratings
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Mission Accomplished: Stop the Clock: a Personal Memoir
Mission Accomplished: Stop the Clock: a Personal Memoir 4.53 avg rating — 17 ratings
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All the Daring of the Soldier: Women of the Civil War Armies
All the Daring of the Soldier: Women of the Civil War Armies 3.59 avg rating — 88 ratings
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They Fought for the Motherland: Russia's Women Soldiers in World War I and the Revolution
They Fought for the Motherland: Russia's Women Soldiers in World War I and the Revolution 3.64 avg rating — 25 ratings
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Strictly G.I.: The WWII Letters of Cpl.wanda M. Renn
Strictly G.I.: The WWII Letters of Cpl.wanda M. Renn 3.89 avg rating — 91 ratings
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G.I. Nightingales: The Army Nurse Corps in World War II
G.I. Nightingales: The Army Nurse Corps in World War II really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 43 ratings
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Lady GI: A Woman's War in the South Pacific: The Memoir of Irene Brion
Lady GI: A Woman's War in the South Pacific: The Memoir of Irene Brion 3.56 avg rating — 18 ratings
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Serving Proudly: A History of Women in the U.S. Navy
Serving Proudly: A History of Women in the U.S. Navy 4.12 avg rating — 8 ratings
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From Nazi Test Pilot to Hitler's Bunker
From Nazi Test Pilot to Hitler's Bunker really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings
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American Women Pilots of World War II
American Women Pilots of World War II 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Nerves of Steel: How I Followed My Dreams, Earned My Wings, and Faced My Greatest Challenge
Nerves of Steel: How I Followed My Dreams, Earned My Wings, and Faced My Greatest Challenge 4.49 avg rating — 1,496 ratings
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