Monday 4/24: Female Soldiers and Veterans

Zoom link to join this class can be found here.   Passcode is 315518.

The recording of this class can be found here.

Monday 4/24: Female Soldiers and Veterans

 

Read or view before class:

Watch:  "Soldier On: Life After Deployment."  Password is SoldierOnFinal2.  To learn more about the film, go here.

Cara Hoffman, “The Things She Carried” (PDF version is below)

Tsonsera Rhoades, "Hands and Eyes," Stories Deployed

Lauren Katzenberg, “40 Stories From Women About Life in the Military,” New York Times, “At War” Newsletter, March 8th 2019 (PDF version is below)

“‘I Am Fearless Again’:  New Veterans’ Group Gives Women a Sense of Belonging,” New York Times, October 2nd 2019.  (PDF version is below)

 

Prepare or organize before class:

Make a list of how the film and these readings suggest women’s experiences of war and being a veteran might be similar and/or differ from the male experience.



The Things She Carried - The New York Times.pdf
40 Stories From Women About Life in the Military - The New York Times.pdf
‘I Am Fearless Again’_ New Veterans’ Gr...ense of Belonging - The New York Times.pdf