The Strong Ones: How a Band of Civilian Women Made Their Mark on the Army by Hammel, Sara
The Strong Ones: How a Band of Civilian Women Made Their Mark on the Army by Hammel, Sara

The Strong Ones: How a Band of Civilian Women Made Their Mark on the Army

#1 BEST SELLER and #1 NEW RELEASEThey said women couldn't keep up.They said women weren't strong enough...
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Author: Sara Hammel
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The Strong Ones: How a Band of Civilian Women Made Their Mark on the Army by Hammel, Sara

The Strong Ones: How a Band of Civilian Women Made Their Mark on the Army

$45.15
The Strong Ones: How a Band of Civilian Women Made Their Mark on the Army by Hammel, Sara

The Strong Ones: How a Band of Civilian Women Made Their Mark on the Army

$45.15
Author: Sara Hammel
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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#1 BEST SELLER and #1 NEW RELEASE


They said women couldn't keep up.

They said women weren't strong enough to do the military's toughest jobs.

In 1995, a ragtag band of civilians came to prove them wrong.

THE STRONG ONES will inspire a new generation with its cast of ordinary women overcoming daunting obstacles-and will thrill readers with a stunning and heartwarming twist.


The Strong Ones is the inspiring true story of forty-five civilian women, including the author, who volunteered for a controversial seven-month Army strength study in 1995-and proved just how strong women can get. A hybrid of memoir and military history that will appeal to fans of Wild and Ashley's War, The Strong Ones lays bare the raw emotions, vulnerabilities and body image struggles of those who dug deep to show what it means to be a strong woman-in every sense.

With females still banned from combat and their supposed lack of physical strength used as a reason to keep them out, women from around Massachusetts-including moms, teachers, a landscaper, a prison guard, a journalist and one solider-came to change the rules. Female soldiers were busy serving their country so these civilians stepped in, forming a sisterhood like no other through 75-lb backpack hikes, 110-lb trailer pulls, shared pain, keg parties, snowball fights and a refusal to fail.

Author Sara Hammel, a test subject and reporter with exclusive access to the study, traces the women and their results through the years, revealing how their efforts came full circle decades later when all military jobs were opened up to women. Exclusive interviews with former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, former Congresswoman Pat Schroeder and Shannon Faulkner add context to this historic shift in military policy, anchoring the study firmly in the present.



Author: Sara Hammel
Publisher: Sara Hammel
Published: 02/09/2021
Pages: 358
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780578794327

About the Author
Hammel, Sara: - Award-winning journalist and bestselling author Sara Hammel has written for national and international publications including Newsweek, People, U.S. News & World Report, The Sunday Times Magazine (UK), Glamour and Shape. Her forthcoming book The Strong Ones: How a band of civilian women made their mark on the Army (Feb. 9, 2021) is based on a 1995 Army study of women's strength she participated in while on staff at the Middlesex News (now MetroWest Daily News). She is the author of two mystery novels: The Underdogs (FSG BYR, 2016) and Famous Last Words (2018), and contributed to the feminist anthology Letters of Intent (Free Press, 1999) alongside such icons as Ntozake Shange, Gloria Steinem and Judy Blume.

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