First Class: Women Join the Ranks at the Naval Academy (Bluejacket Books)
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| Rating | : | 4.17 (648 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1591142164 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 362 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-02-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Lt. Sharon Disher" according to Terrence N. Tallman. As noted in the two previous reviews Lt. Disher served in the Civil Engineer Corp.I had the opportunity to work for her as a civilian employee during her tour as an Assistant Resident Officer In Charge of Construction at the Everett ROICC office during the initial construction of the Everett Hompeport, current home of the Abraham Lincoln Battle Gr. "A great, engrossing, insiders look, book" according to Al Krieger. Never having been to the Naval Academy, I was amazed at how they dealt with female classmates the first time around. This book gives you the day-to-day feeling of what it is like to be there and experience every order. I think that the author goes to great lengths to give you as much of the "hands on" feelings as is possible for each confronted si. This book is an exact of what a USNA experience feels like. Being a 1998 graduate of the Naval Academy, I can completely relate to Mrs. Disher's views on this book. I have read it five times now and felt every emotion in the process. I am angered at the treatment and how it is still evolving. I am happy that there are women (like me) who laugh and keep a sane attitude on the Academy. I am also relieved tha
Naval Academy with eighty other young women in 1976, she helped end a 131-year all-male tradition at Annapolis. A loyal Navy supporter, nevertheless, Disher provides a balanced account of life behind the academy's storied walls for that first group of teenaged women who charted the way for future female midshipmen. From the punishing crucible of plebe summer to the triumph of graduation, she describes their search for ways to survive the mental and physical hurdles they had to overcome. Her entertaining and shocking account of the women's four-year effort to join the academy's elite fraternity and become commissioned naval officers is a valuable chronicle of the times, and her insights have been credited with helping us understand the challenges of integrating women into the military services. Lively, well researched, and amazingly good humored, the book seems as fresh today as it was when first published in hardcover in 1998.. Unflinchingly frank, she freely discusses the prejudice and abuse they encountered that often went unpunished or unreported. When Sharon Hanley Disher entered the U.S