Band of Sisters: American Women at War in Iraq is a 2007 book by Kirsten Holmstedt about the Iraq War and women in the military with a foreword by Tammy Duckworth. Band of Sisters presents twelve stories of American women on the frontlines including America's first female pilot to be shot down and survive, the U.S. military's first black female combat pilot, a 21-year-old turretgunner defending a convoy, two military policewomen in a firefight, and a nurse struggling to save lives.[1][2]
Holmstedt claims that women need greater protection from hazing and abuse by fellow soldiers, but that they are as strong as men and should be given full combat roles.[3]
Author
Kirsten Holmstedt is a journalist who writes about the military.[4][5] She has published two other books:
Soul Survivors: Stories of Wounded Women Warriors and the Battles They Fight Long After They've Left the War Zone (2016) Stackpole. ISBN0811713792OCLC905524529
Awards and recognition
Winner of the 2007 American Authors Association Quill Award
Tammy Duckworth, wrote the foreword for Band of Sisters. She is a former U.S. Army helicopter pilot whose severe combat wounds cost her both of her legs and damaged her right arm, former director of the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs, and current United States senator for Illinois
^Stein-McCormick, Carmen T. (2011). "Sisters in Arms: Case Study of the Experiences of Women Warriors in the United States Military". University of South Florida Doctoral Thesis: 16, 18–20. ProQuest881103310.