Karen Reinlib Oral History

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Who's responsible?: Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries (Repository)
How much has been digitized?: This collection has been digitized in its entirety.
Where can I find more information?: https://uncg.as.atlas-sys.com/repositories/2/resources/1231
What's in the full collection?: June 2021 oral history transcript
Full biography: Karen Orr Reinlib (b. 1962), of Northhampton, Massachusetts, served as a medical lab officer in the United States Army National Guard from 1979-1998
Topics: Women's History
Military
Branch of service: Army -- Army National Guard
Conflict: Post-Vietnam, Panama, Grenada (1975-1989)
Gulf War (1990-2000)
Subject headings: United States--History--1945-
United States. Army--Women
Contributing Institution: Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries

: Oral history interview with Karen Reinlib; Primarily documents Karen Reinlib's experience with the National Guard. She talks about co-ed training and the perception that comes with being a woman in the military. She talks about the difference in benefits with being a veteran with the National Guard than with being a veteran in regular branch. She discusses sexual harassment in the military and the Tailhook scandal in 1991. She talks about the military in terms of the U.S. president and how the military has changed over time due to different policies by different presidents.

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