“For women to be supplying the soldiery with banners, flannel shirts and other material comforts was, superficially, all of a piece with their ministrations to their menfolk at home. Such contributions to the war effort were socially acceptable because they could be seen as an extension into the military sphere of the traditional female virtues of charity, nurture and needlework. Yet in reality what the women were doing represented the thin end of a far more radical wedge. Consciously or not, these female patriots were staking out a civic role for themselves. And many of them relished it.” WarEndsHomeRealityEffortRolesVirtuePiecesMilitaryMaterialsComfortFemaleCharityTraditionalRadicalShirtsContributionSpheresAcceptablePatriotNurtureExtensionsCivicsBannerBritish HistoryWedgesFlannelsNeedlework Author:Linda Colley
“The military tends to be a traditional place. Traditional culture, traditional men are often attracted to serving in the military.” MenCultureMilitaryTraditionalServingServing In The Military Author:Tanya Biank
“The demands of leadership have changed. The highest levels if leadership require mastery of a new task: job creation. Traditional leadership through politics, military force, religion, or personal values won't work in the future like it has in the past.” IfsJobsPastValuesForceLeadershipLevelsMilitaryCreationChangedDemandHighestTasksTraditionalMasteryMilitary ForceJob CreationPersonal Values Book:The Coming Jobs War Source: The Coming Jobs War
“Broadly speaking, the Southern and Western desert and mountain states will vote for the candidate who endorses an aggressive military, a role for religion in public life, laissez-faire economic policies, private ownership of guns and relaxed conditions for using them, less regulation and taxation, and a valorization of the traditional family.” StatesRolesEconomicConditionsMilitaryPolicyMountainGunVoteWesternTraditionalDesertCandidatesSouthernAggressiveRegulationOwnershipRelaxedTaxationPublic LifeLaissez FaireEconomic PolicyTraditional Family Author:Steven Pinker