Full Description
First published in 1987, this profoundly moving collection of women's personal stories crosses political and cultural boundaries, and includes every major war from pre-World War I Europe to the jungles of Central America in the 1980s. As Americans continue to struggle with the dilemma, costs, and sacrifices of war, these inspiring narratives still pose powerful, relevant questions. With a new introduction, Hayton-Keeva connects the poignant testimonies to contemporary issues of war, and describes the common voice she heard as she interviewed these women--a voice distinctively different from the traditional experience of men at war: "War is not suspended in time, something outside a woman's experience of life; it is part of life, woven into all the rest." These mothers, daughters, sisters, and wives endured concentration camps, atomic bombs, homeland invasions, terrorism, and guerilla warfare. Some were nurses, nuns, or social workers. Some were soldiers, prisoners, spies, or snipers. Whether in active combat or serving in refugee camps, they took active command of their lives and did what had to be done. Their accounts convey the lifelong physical, emotional, and spiritual impact of their grief, terror, and loss, and reveal that for women, war is not about glory and camaraderie and heroism. Instead, it is about the quiet valor born of individual suffering and triumph over adversity.
Contents
Introduction
Karla Ramirez (El Salvador)
Ellen Neary (Mexico/Guatemala)
Nazia Afghan (Afghanistan)
Valda Vong (Cambodia)
Dominie Cappadonna (Thailand)
Julie Meissame (Iran)
Yael Nadir (Israel)
Anal Tabori (Israel)
Nuha Nafal (Palestine)
Georgina Gordon (Ireland)
Suzanne Bunting (Ireland)
Peggy Tuxen Akers (Vietnam)
Margaret Kilgore (Vietnam)
Margo St. James (United States)
Kathy Kane (Vietnam)
Helen Adams (United States)
Marian Shelton (Laos)
Ruth Smith (United States)
Betty Bethards (United States)
Bette Howard (United States)
Rozan Perry (United States)
Gail Neuhaus (United States)
Peter Forman Maker (France)
Hanna Voight (Germany)
Elizabeth Weidenbach (Germany)
Annemarie Bachhuber (Germany)
Sara Fabri (Hungary/Germany)
Elsa Smuskevich (Latvia/Soviet Union)
Michiko Byrd (Japan)
Shigeku Sasamori (Japan)
Ruth Gerner (United States)
Connie Beedle Dixon (Philippines)
Eve Edwards (England)
Mei Nakano (United States)
Evalyn Taylor (United States)
Esther Blanc (Spain)
Tsengteh Wen (China)
Violet Pasdermajian Goliti (Armenia/Turkey)br>Bibliography
