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Abstract / Summary

Although U.S. political and military efforts in Indochina ended in failure, the civilian aid workers’ record is more complicated. As the documents included in this cluster suggest, women volunteers’ time in Southeast Asia had a profound and often positive effect on their lives as well as those of some people in their host country. Some of these women maintained relationships with people they had met or taught in Vietnam. Some of the programs the American women introduced continued after their departure. Although they have largely been erased from official histories of U.S. involvement in Indochina, women aid workers played an important role and their experiences deserve to be shared.

Field of Interest

Women and Social Movements

Author

Jessica Elkind, fl. 2005

Collection

Women and Social Movements, Modern Empires Since 1820

Copyright Message

Copyright @ 2017 by Alexander Street

Content Type

Essay

Duration

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Format

Text

Page Count

20

Page Range

1-20

Publication Year

2017

Publisher

Alexander Street

Place Published / Released

Alexandria, VA

Subject

Women and Social Movements, History, Women and War, Women and Work, Women and Education, Vietnam War, 1956-1975, Mujer y Guerra, Mulher e Guerra, Mujer y Trabajo, Mulher e Trabalho, Mujer y Educación, Mulher e Educação, Vietnã, International Voluntary Services, Laos, Vietnam, Women, Colonization, Empire, and Post Coloniality, Women and Development, Nationalism and Independence Movements, Opposition to Imperialism, Support for Imperialism, Economic Development, Laotians, Vietnamese, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)

Topic

Nationalism and Independence Movements, Opposition to Imperialism, Support for Imperialism, Economic Development

Keywords and Translated Subjects

Mujer y Guerra, Mulher e Guerra, Mujer y Trabajo, Mulher e Trabalho, Mujer y Educación, Mulher e Educação, Vietnã