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History has long neglected the inspiring and incredible tale of Dr. Mary Walker, a pioneering Civil War surgeon who overcame rampant prejudice to save countless soldiers' lives. In Dr. Mary Walker's Civil War, Theresa Kaminski has finally given this American hero her due. Wit...

History has long neglected the inspiring and incredible tale of Dr. Mary Walker, a pioneering Civil War surgeon who overcame rampant prejudice to save countless soldiers' lives. In Dr. Mary Walker's Civil War, Theresa Kaminski has finally given this American hero her due. With impeccable research and engaging prose, Kaminski captures Walker's outsized bravery and delicious swagger. The result is a vivid, eloquent portrait sure to thrill histor...

This is the first full-length biography of this mid-twentieth century multi-faceted star. It is the first book to use biography to chart the broad sweep of changes in women¿s lives during the twentieth century, and to have popular music, movies, and television shows as its backdrops. The glitter of country music, the glamour of Hollywood, and the grit of the early television industry are all covered. It is the first book to draw from never-bef...

The riveting story of two American women who risked their lives to aid the Allied cause in the Japanese-occupied Philippines during World War II

Ethel Thomas Herold (1896-1988) was an ordinary person caught up in extraordinary circumstances - a woman whose sense of patriotic duty took her from small-town Wisconsin to the Philippines in 1922. There she would spend the next thirty-seven years, including three in a Japanese internment camp. Theresa Kaminski uses Ethel's experiences to explore a unique example of how enormous forces helped shape Americans' notions of citizenship and patrio...

Many American women were held captive during Japan's military offensive in the South Pacific. This book chronicles their harrowing experiences, with the author focusing on the internment camps to show how the women coped and how the experience changed them.