Women Engaged in War in Literature for Youth: A Guide to Resources for Children and Young Adults

by Hilary S. Crew

Overview

Women have always been involved in war; a fact that has generally been acknowledged, but not always documented. The importance of the availability of good print, nonprint, and Internet resources for the study of women's involvement in war is especially important given the limited coverage of the subject in textbooks.

Women Engaged in War covers the war efforts of females of all ages actively involved in various battles, wars, and war-time activities. Coverage ranges from Sybil Ludington's ride on horseback to rouse American soldiers to fight against the British to women's roles as nurses, doctors, spies, soldiers, correspondents, and photographers to women's roles on the home front. The scope of the book is multinational and multicultural and spans from the earliest historical records of women warriors to the present. Fiction, picture books, nonfiction, biographies, autobiographies, collective biographies, oral narratives, reference books, journal and periodical articles, and nonprint and electronic resources are included in this annotated guide. This helpful reference concludes with professional resources for educators; primary resources; an international directory of memorials, monuments, and museums; classroom activities, lessons, and booktalks; and recommendations for building a core collection.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780810849297
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	04/26/2007
Series:	Literature for Youth Series , #11
Pages:	324
Product dimensions:	5.53(w) x 8.55(h) x 0.84(d)

About the Author

Hilary S. Crew was formerly an associate professor at Kean University, Union, New Jersey. She is the author of Is It Really Mommie Dearest? Daughter-Mother Relationships in Young Adult Fiction (The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2000).

Table of Contents

Part 1 Acknowledgments
Part 2 Introduction
Part 3 1 Early Times to the 18th Century
Part 4 2 The 19th Century
Part 5 3 The 20th and 21st Centuries
Part 6 4 General References Resources
Part 7 5 Making Connectiones
Part 8 6 Professional Resources for Educators
Part 9 7 Primary Resources
Part 10 Appendix A: International Directory of Memorials, Monuments, and Museums
Part 11 Appendix B: Classroom Activities, Lesson Plans, and Book Talks
Part 12 Appendix C: Building a Core Collection
Part 13 Author Index
Part 14 Title Index
Part 15 Subject Index
Part 16 Geographical Index
Part 17 Grade-Level Index
Part 18 About the Author

Editorial Reviews

With this reference, Crew provides the perfect tool for informing children and young adults about amazing women within the overwhelmingly male-dominated context of war and wartime. This guide to resources is a must-have for educators and librarians.

Feminist Collections: A Quarterly Of Women's Studies Resources

Crew's thorough handbook to print and electronic works for young readers offers glimpses of competent women assuming business, industrial, and homefront opportunities usually denied them.

American Reference Books Annual

This remarkable thorough overview of resources proceeds chronologically....This title can power many different directions for exploration, but it will be a worthwhile assistant to anyone looking to focus on war or women's studies.

The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

Crew (formerly school library media specialization, Kean U.) presents an annotated bibliography on sources for youth relating to girls' and women's involvement in war, in this volume meant for teachers and school library media specialists. It covers print, nonprint, and electronic resources appropriate for grades K-12, including picture books, fiction and nonfiction, autobiographies, biographies, collective biographies, reference materials, and journal and magazine articles from the earliest historical records to the present. The scope is international, although the US is emphasized. Adult books that can be read by junior and senior high school students are included, and some that are out of print are listed. A section on women and peace organizations is incorporated, as well as professional resources for educators and primary documents available online. Classroom activities are discussed in an appendix. Author, title, subject, geographical, and grade-level indexes are provided.

Reference and Research Book News

Highly useful and readable....This guide to resources truly fills a niche previously overlooked. The author's engagingly written annotations and her thorough scholarship make it a must-have for school and public libraries.

VOYA

With this reference, Crew provides the perfect tool for informing children and young adults about amazing women within the overwhelmingly male-dominated context of war and wartime. This guide to resources is a must-have for educators and librarians.

March 2008 Feminist Collections: A Quarterly Of Women's Studies Resources

Crew's thorough handbook to print and electronic works for young readers offers glimpses of competent women assuming business, industrial, and homefront opportunities usually denied them.

March 2008 American Reference Books Annual

This remarkable thorough overview of resources proceeds chronologically....This title can power many different directions for exploration, but it will be a worthwhile assistant to anyone looking to focus on war or women's studies.

September 2008 The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

Crew (formerly school library media specialization, Kean U.) presents an annotated bibliography on sources for youth relating to girls' and women's involvement in war, in this volume meant for teachers and school library media specialists. It covers print, nonprint, and electronic resources appropriate for grades K-12, including picture books, fiction and nonfiction, autobiographies, biographies, collective biographies, reference materials, and journal and magazine articles from the earliest historical records to the present. The scope is international, although the US is emphasized. Adult books that can be read by junior and senior high school students are included, and some that are out of print are listed. A section on women and peace organizations is incorporated, as well as professional resources for educators and primary documents available online. Classroom activities are discussed in an appendix. Author, title, subject, geographical, and grade-level indexes are provided.

August 2007 Reference and Research Book News

Crew's guide to print and online sources documents women's roles in wars over the centuries and throughout the world, divided by time periods. Each annotated entry includes full bibliographic information. Further chapters list primary sources and articles from online databases that are available in many school districts. Appendixes include "Classroom Activities, Lesson Plans, and Book Talks" and "Building a Core Collection." Information can be accessed through author, title, subject, geographical, and grade-level indexes. This is a great addition for libraries looking for a way to move Women's Studies beyond the month of March.-Lori E. Donovan, Thomas Dale High School, Chester, VA

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