072 - Presidential Panel. Women on the Battlefield: Integrating Women into the U.S. Military

Session Submission Type: Invited Session

Abstract

The armed forces have been the only sector of the economy that has been allowed to exclude women from occupations and positions solely on the basis of gender. Two years before the Secretary of Defense instructed the services to gender integrate combat units, General Cone started the Army down that road, and oversaw the process of developing valid and gender-free standards for assignment until his retirement last year. General Cone is a graduate of West Point (where he also served on the faculty), holds an M.A. in Sociology from the University of Texas, and has spent his career in command and staff positions, the latter largely in the area of education and training. In this session, General Cone will make a presentation on the process of gender integration in the military, and answer questions from the audience.

Sub Unit

• Plenary and Presidential Panels

Session Organizer

• David R. Segal, University of Maryland

Presider

• David R. Segal, University of Maryland

Panelist

• General Robert Cone, United States Army (retired)