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Soldier Girls: A Discussion on Women in the Military (at Dirksen Senate Office)

This event takes place in the Dirksen Senate Office. America has been continuously at war since the fall of 2001. A sizable percentage of American soldiers sent overseas in this era have been women. Surrounded and far outnumbered by men, working within a predominantly male culture, women have experiences of special interest. In Soldier Girls, Helen Thorpe follows the lives of three women over twelve years on their paths to the military, overseas to Afghanistan, and back home…and then overseas again to Iraq. Please join us for a discussion of the experiences of women in the military with journalist and author Helen Thorpe and two of the soldiers in her book.

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Tuesday
Nov. 18, 2014
4:30pm – 6:00pm ET
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This event takes place in the Dirksen Senate Office.

Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room SD-G50 (Entrance at C Street and First Street NE)

America has been continuously at war since the fall of 2001. A sizable percentage of American soldiers sent overseas in this era have been women. Surrounded and far outnumbered by men, working within a predominantly male culture, women have experiences of special interest. In Soldier Girls, Helen Thorpe follows the lives of three women over twelve years on their paths to the military, overseas to Afghanistan, and back home…and then overseas again to Iraq.

Please join us for a discussion of the experiences of women in the military with journalist and author Helen Thorpe and two of the soldiers in her book.

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