"Work or Fight!"
eBook - PDF

"Work or Fight!"

Race, Gender, and the Draft in World War One

  1. English
  2. PDF
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

"Work or Fight!"

Race, Gender, and the Draft in World War One

About this book

During World War I the U.S. demanded that all able-bodied men work or fight. White men who were husbands and fathers, owned property or worked at approved jobs had the benefits of citizenship without fighting. Others were often barred from achieving these benefits. This book tells the stories of those affected by the Selective Service System.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Acknowledgments
  4. Introduction
  5. Chapter One: “The Darkness in Georgia”
  6. Chapter Two: Illinois: “A Man Is No Man That Is Not Willing to Fight”
  7. Chapter Three: New Jersey: “He’s His Mother’s Boy; Go and Get Him”
  8. Chapter Four: California: “Please Forward Chinese, Japanese and American Indians, but no Negroes”
  9. Chapter Five: “The Final Report”
  10. Notes
  11. Index