Physical description

Index, ill, p.183.

Publication type

non-fiction

Summary

This history of women in the Australian Army traces women's struggle for a place in the most male-dominated profession. It encompasses a campaign for equal opportunity in the workplace that culminated in women gaining the right to have a career in the army regardlesss of their marital status and whether they have children. Soldiers of the Queen provides a history of the Women's Royal Australian Army Corps. Bomford covers the WRAAC from its creation in 1951 to its dissolution in 1984, when women were integrated into the Australian army. This study analyzes the gender, political, and cultural issues surrounding women's struggle for inclusion in the nation's fighting forces