02531cam a22004458i 4500001001000000003000600010005001700016008004100033010001500074020003100089020002800120035002200148040004000170042000800210043001200218050002100230074001100251082002300262086001800285100003300303245009300336264007300429300005000502336002600552337002800578338002700606500002000633505022000653520084700873610005001720610004001770650005201810650001901862650003101881650003401912650002501946651002501971655001901996710007002015001032790PUCPR20250219112634.0170918s2017    vau          f001 0 eng    a2017044645  a9780997317473q(paperback)  a0997317477q(paperback)  a(OCoLC)1004635885  aDGPO/DLCbengerdacGPOdDLCdOCLCF  apcc  an-us---00aVE23b.A955 2017  a0383-B04a359.9/608209732230 aD214.13:W84/31 aAnderson, Nancy P.,eauthor.14aThe very few, the proud :bwomen in the Marine Corps, 1977/2001 /cby Nancy P. Anderson. 1aQuantico, VA :bHistory Division, United States Marine Corps,c2017.  aix, 265 pages :bcolor illustrations ;c28 cm  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  aIncludes index.  aIntroduction -- 1. Entry-Level training -- 2. Accession and Assignment Policies -- 3. Title 10, U.S. Code -- 4. Combat -- 5. Aviation -- 6. Physical Fitness -- 7. Sexual Harassment and Discrimination -- 8. Uniforms   a"The Very Few, the Proud documents a generation of changes to accession and assignment policies pertaining to women seeking to serve in the U.S. Marine Corps between 1977 and 2001. This history intentionally ends at the threshold of the Global War on Terrorism - the gateway to current history. 

Anderson's research follows the changes in social and gender distinctions, in definitions of combat and combat support, and the belief in the value of using the best person to fill a military billet regardless of gender by voters, legislators, and military leadership that developed during this period. The Very Few, the Proud draws upon hundreds of personal accounts of women who served during the period, personal archives of Marine Corps leaders, and journalistic accounts of the treatment of women in and by the U.S. military."- Back cover. 10aUnited States.bMarine CorpsxWomenxHistory.17aUnited States.bMarine Corps.2fast 0aWomen and the militaryzUnited StatesxHistory. 0aWomen marines. 7aArmed ForcesxWomen.2fast 7aWomen and the military.2fast 7aWomen marines.2fast 7aUnited States.2fast 7aHistory.2fast2 aMarine Corps University (U.S.).bHistory Division,eissuing body.