Season 2: Episode 26: Why Womanpower in the Women's Armed Services Integration Act of 1948? with Tanya Roth

In this episode Kelsie and Brooke are joined by a very special K-12 educator, Dr. Tanya Roth to learn about women in the armed service during the Cold War. Her book, HER COLRD WAR: WOMEN IN THE US MILITARY, explores how the military offered women equal pay and benefits two decades before the rise of second wave feminism. Let's get into it!

Transcript

Tanya Roth is a High school history teacher with a focus in 20th Century World History and US History. Roth has her PhD in US women's history, with extensive research on women's integration into the military during the Cold War. She is the Author of a new book, Her Cold War: Women in the U.S. Military, 1945-1980 (UNC Press, Fall 2021).