Lady in the Navy by Joy Bright Hancock HC DJ 1st 1972 VERY GOOD

Description: Hardcover Cloth 289 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket. Presumed First edition 1972. Beautiful patterned boards with blue buckram 1/4 spine and gilt embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Blue topstain. Previous owner's signature on front endsheet. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. Slight shelf wear. Edges have the usual yellowing and some spotting. Pages are lightly toned. An unclipped dust jacket smooth, clean and brilliant, discolored with age on the spine. Dust jacket has the usual shelf wear - a few scrapes and chips. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy. When legislation was passed in 1948 giving women permanent status in the regular and reserve Navy, it was largely due to the efforts of Joy Bright Hancock, the author of this revealing memoir. Her prominent role was acknowledged at the time by the secretary of the navy who credited her ideals, energy, and enthusiasm as the moving force behind the historic integration of women into the U.S. Navy, including the 1942 establishment of the WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service). This personal account of those formative years has long been considered the best study available. Hancock's own work as a Yeoman in World War I offered the armed services a lesson in the benefits of having women in uniform. Her descriptions are eye opening of those early days and her later efforts, when finally in a position of authority, to argue the case for women. With a wealth of documentation and numerous photographs, she chronicles not only her career but also the evolution of Navy women, offering colorful details of the legislative battles to get women admitted into the regular Navy. She reminds us that although it was not until 1967 that the last restriction of rank was removed, WAVES always served with equal pay for equal work. This book will introduce generations of Americans to the problems of establishing a place for women in the Navy and details of Hancock's dogged pursuit of fair treatment for women in the armed services.

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Signed By: NONE

Book Title: Lady in the Navy: A Personal Reminiscence

Signed: No

Ex Libris: No

Book Series: NONE

Narrative Type: Nonfiction

Original Language: English

Publisher: Naval Institute Press

Inscribed: No

Intended Audience: Ages 9-12, Young Adults, Adults

Edition: First Edition

Vintage: Yes

Personalize: No

Publication Year: 1972

Type: HARDCOVER

Format: Hardcover

Language: English

Illustrator: NONE

Author: Joy Bright Hancock

Personalized: No

Features: 1st Edition, Dust Jacket, Illustrated

Genre: Biographies & True Stories, Crime & Thriller, Fairy Tale, Family, Parenting & Relations, History, Military, Romance

Country/Region of Manufacture: United States

Topic: American History, Civil War, Crime, First Love, Love, Military History, Modern History, Parenting, Thriller, True Crime, True Military Stories, True Stories, World History, World War II