Meyer's study of the creation of the Women's Army Corps provides a backdrop against which to read today's headlines detailing sexual misconduct in the military.... Meyer offers a richly textured, theoretically informed account of that debate, focusing on the complex and often contradictory arguments articulated by both supporters and opponents of the creation of a formal presence for women in the military... Race and racial politics played an equally significant part in the creation of the WASC, and Meyer brings her considerable skills to an analysis of the lengths to which the military went to avoid undermining established racial as well as sexual systems.

Leisa D. Meyer is assistant professor of history at the College of William and Mary.

Acknowledgments
Prologue
1. "What Has Become of the Manhood of America?": Creating a Woman's Army
2. "Ain't Misbehavin'"? The Slander Campaign Against the WAC
3. The WAC Strikes Back: Constructing the "Respectable" Female Soldier
4. "Women's Work" and Resistance in the WAC: Kitchen Police, Secretaries, and Sitdown Strikes
5. Protecting Whom? Regulating Sexuality in the Army and the WAC
6. "I Want a Man!": Pleasure and Danger in the Women's Corps
7.The "Lesbian Threat"
Epilogue
Appendix 1. Meyer Oral History Questionnaire
Appendix 2. Discussion of Sources
Notes
Index