Women Aganist the Good War: Conscientious Objection and Gender on the American Home Front, 1941-1947 Pennsylvania Volume 49 in the Studies

Volume 49 in the Studies in Anabaptist and Mennonite History Series

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Accounts of 15 centuries of Christian martyrdom from the time of Christ to1660

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Discusses dramatic changes that affect Amish communities throughout North America when members of America's oldest Amish community enter non-farm work in one generation

Women Aganist the Good War: Conscientious Objection and Gender on the American Home Front, 1941-1947 Pennsylvania Volume 49 in the StudiesDuring World War II, more than 12,000 male conscientious objectors seeking alternatives to military service entered Civilian Public Service to do forestry, soil conservation, or "other work of national importance." But this government sponsored, church supported program also attracted some 2,000 women most of whom were part of Mennonite, Amish, Brethren, or Quaker families with deeply held antiwar beliefs to 151 alternative service locations across