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Girls need not apply : field notes from the Forces

Title: Girls need not apply : field notes from the Forces / Kelly S. Thompson.
Author: Thompson, Kelly S.
Publication: [Toronto] : McClelland & Stewart, [2019]

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Description

308 pages; 21 cm

Summary

"This inspiring, compelling debut memoir chronicles the experiences of a female captain serving in the Canadian Armed Forces, and her journey to make space for herself in a traditionally masculine world. At eighteen years old, Kelly Thompson enlisted in the Canadian Armed Forces. Despite growing up in a military family -- she would, in fact, be a fourth-generation soldier -- she couldn't shake the feeling that she didn't belong. From the moment she arrives for basic training at a Quebec military base, a young woman more interested in writing than weaponry, she quickly realizes that her conception of what being a soldier means, forged from a desire to serve her country after the 9/11 attacks, isn't entirely accurate. A career as a female officer will involve navigating a masculinized culture and coming to grips with her burgeoning feminism. In this compulsively readable memoir, Thompson writes with wit and honesty about her own development as a woman and a soldier, unsparingly highlighting truths about her time in the military. In sharply crafted prose, she chronicles the frequent sexism and misogyny she encounters both in training and later in the workplace, and explores her own feelings of pride and loyalty to the Forces, and a family legacy of PTSD, all while searching for an artistic identity in a career that demands conformity. When she sustains a career-altering injury, Thompson fearlessly re-examines her identity as a soldier. Girls Need Not Apply is a refreshingly honest story of conviction, determination, and empowerment, and a bit of a love story, too."--

Subject

Genre/Form

Autobiographies.
Biographies.

Additional Formats (note)

Issued also in electronic format.

Call Number

JFD 20-862

ISBN

9780771070952
0771070950

OCLC

1090743125

Author

Thompson, Kelly S., author.

Title

Girls need not apply : field notes from the Forces / Kelly S. Thompson.

Publisher

[Toronto] : McClelland & Stewart, [2019]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Additional Formats

Issued also in electronic format.

Other Form:

Online version: Thompson, Kelly S. Girls need not apply. Toronto : McClelland & Stewart, 2019 0771070969 9780771070969 (OCoLC)1090798285

Research Call Number

JFD 20-862

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