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March is National Women’s History Month, a time for reexamining and celebrating the wide range of women’s contributions and achievements to our Nation. The U.S. Government Printing Office offers for sale a number of publications of interest in the field of women’s history.
Publisher: House, Committee on House Administration, Office of the Clerk Description: Women in Congress, 1917-2006 is the most comprehensive source available on the 229 women who have served in U.S. House of Representatives and Senate-from the first woman elected to Congress, Jeannette Rankin of Montana, to the new Members of the 109th Congress. The book covers the remarkable story of congressional women. Includes photographs. Indexed. Year/Pages: 2006: 1015 p.; ill.
Price:
$59.00
Publisher: House, Office of the Clerk, Office of History and Preservation Description: Provides a comprehensive history of the more than 120 African Americans who have served in the United States Congress. Written for a general audience, this book contains a profile of each African-American Member, including notables such as Hiram Revels, Joseph Rainey, Oscar De Priest, Adam Clayton Powell, Shirley Chisholm, Gus Hawkins, and Barbara Jordan. Individual profiles are introduced by contextual essays that explain major events in congressional and U.S. history. Illustrated with many portraits, photographs, and charts. Hardback. Year/Pages: 2008: 803 p.; ill.
Price:
$54.00
Publisher: White House Historical Association Description: PFirst Ladies. Presents a one-page biography, along with color portraits, for all but the last two First Ladies. The last two are presented in photographs. Cloth Year/Pages: 2001: 96 p.; ill. Price: $8.50 Publisher: White House Historical Association Description: PFirst Ladies. Presents a one-page biography, along with color portraits, for all but the last two First Ladies. The last two are presented in photographs. Paperback. Year/Pages: 2001: 96 p.; ill.
Price:
$17.00
Publisher: Interior Dept., National Park Service, Division of Publications Description: Describes the life and times of Clara Barton. Provides a guide to the Clara Barton National Historic Site and related National Park Service sites. Paperback. Year/Pages: 1998: 80 p.; ill.
Price:
$12.50
Publisher: Library of Congress, Humanities and Social Sciences Division Description: Designed to introduce researchers to the opportunities for discovering American women's history and culture at the Library of Congress. Covers textual sources, films, sound recordings, prints and photographs, and other audio or visual material. Intended for academics, advanced graduate students, genealogists, documentary film makers, set and costume designers, artists, actors, novelists, photo researchers, and general readers. Paperback. Year/Pages: 2001: 459 p.; ill. Price: $26.00
Publisher: Defense Dept., Army, Center of Military History Description: Discusses the experience of female soldiers both at home and overseas as their new Corps struggled against tradition and administrative hurdles. Hardcover. Year/Pages: 1954: 841 p.; ill. repr.
Price:
$65.00
Publisher: Defense Dept., Army, Center of Military History Description: Chronicles thirty-three years of WAC history from V-J Day 1945 to 1978, when the Women's Army Corps was abolished by Public Law 95-584 and discontinued by Department of the Army General Order 20, with the WAC officers assimilated into the other branches of the Army (except the combat arms). Paperback. Year/Pages: 1990: 543 p.; ill. repr.
Price:
$30.50
Publisher: Defense Dept., Army, Center of Military History Description: Provides one in a series of 40 illustrated brochures that describe the campaigns in which U.S. Army troops participated during the war. Each brochure describes the strategic setting, traces the operations of the major American units involved, and analyzes the impact of the campaign on future operations.
Price:
$2.00
Publisher: Defense Dept., Army, Center of Military History Description: Discusses the evolution of the services' racial policies and practices between World War II and 1965 during the period when black servicemen and women were integrated into the Nation's military units. Year/Pages: 1981: 647 p.
Price:
$35.50
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