Selected Research
Research links related to issues illuminated in the play will be made available by NoPassport and the SPARK creative team to each venue presenting the reading for further discussion.
INTERACTIVE TIMELINE OF U.S. WOMEN AT WAR:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/14/women-at-war-timeline_n_1507197.html?1336996794
WOMEN IN COMBAT:
G.I. Janes Breaks the Combat Barrier by Lizette Alvarez, The New York Times, August 15, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/16/us/16women.html?ref=womenatarms
Living and Fighting Alongside Men, and Fitting In by Stephen Lee Meyers, The New York Times, August 17, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/17/us/17women.html?ref=womenatarms
G.I. Janes by Rebecca Mugra, The New York Times, June 21, 2012
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/22/opinion/global-agenda-magazine-gi-janes.html?pagewanted=all
Pentagon Allows Women Closer to Combat, but Not Close Enough for Some by Elisabeth Bumiller, The New York Times, February 9, 2012
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/10/us/pentagon-to-loosen-restrictions-on-women-in-combat.html
History of Women in Combat Still Being Written, Slowly by John H. Cushman, Jr. The New York Times, February 9, 2012
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/10/us/history-of-women-in-combat-still-being-written-slowly.html
Marines Survey Attitudes on Women in Combat by Andrea Stone, Huffington Post, June 7, 2012
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/07/women-in-combat-marines-survey_n_1579103.html
RETURNING HOME:
Wartime Soldier, Conflicted Mom by Lizette Alvarez, The New York Times, September 26, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/27/us/27mothers.html?_r=1&ref=womenatarms
Remembering Female Veteran’s Challenge by Rebekah Havrilla, case manager, Service Women’s Action Network (SWAN)
IAVA Report: Women Warriors by Erin Mulhall, October 2009
http://media.iava.org/IAVA_WomensReport_2009.pdf
POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER:
A Combat Role, and Anguish Too by Damien Cave, The New York Times, November 1, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/01/us/01trauma.html?ref=womenatarms
For Female Soldiers, last battle is Within by Curnutte, Cincinnati Enquirer, May 23, 2009
http://www.armytimes.com/news/2009/05/gns_female_soldiers_052209/
War Wounds by Nicholas D. Kristoff, The New York Times, August 10, 2012
The Women’s War by Sara Corbett, The New York Times, March 18, 2007
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/18/magazine/18cover.html?pagewanted=all
Suicide Outpacing War Death of Troops by Timothy Williams, The New York Times June 8, 2012
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/09/us/suicides-eclipse-war-deaths-for-us-troops.html/?_r=1
National Alliance on Mental Health (NAMI) Purple Heart Initiative
Other Issues:
A Peril in War Zones: Sexual Abuse by Fellow G.I.’s by Steven Lee Meyer, The New York Times, December 27, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/28/us/28women.html?ref=womenatarms
Pentagon Report: Sexual Assault in the Military Up Dramatically by Anna Mulrine, Christina Science Monitor, January 19, 2012
AUDIO/VIDEO:
http://upwithchrishayes.msnbc.com/_news/2012/06/02/12025372-do-americans-know-the-military?lite
http://www.npr.org/2012/08/20/159351580/the-challenges-female-vets-face-when-coming-home