In Glory's Shadow The Citadel, Shannon Faulkner, and a Changing America [Paperback]

In Glory's Shadowexplores the history of The Citadel, an institution set on preserving tradition in the face of profound change. Established as protection against slave insurrections feared by the white minority of Charleston, South Carolina, a generation later The Citadel was a school of privilege for young white men. Through two world wars it grew in size and reputation, proudly providing the United States with (male) military leaders, paying little heed to what was happening in the country around it.

In 1993, when the school rescinded Shannon Faulkner's admission because of her gender, a landmark legal battle ensued. Faulkner won, and although she faced vicious harassment and left after a week, The Citadel was forced to reform: nearly 30 women have graduated since her brief time at The Citadel.In Glory's Shadowis an engrossing and illuminating look at this pivotal event in military history and the history of women.?A must-read for those interested in how one of the nation?s last all-male bastions was breached.??USA TodayCatherine S. Manegold covered the litigation between Shannon Faulkner and The Citadel as a reporter with theNew York Times. Prior to joining that newspaper's staff she worked as a foreign correspondent for thePhiladelphia InquirerandNewsweek, reporting on military and civilian matters throughout Asia and covering the Gulf War.Pioneer

You can go to a city thinking that it is a small thing, that it will not dominate or change you; but that was not how she went there. She went hoping for a shape to mold her life against, to push and twist until the contours matched. She was nineteen then. And she went away from home the way so many others had, to Charleston, all full of hope, seduced by the city and its Citadel, that long history, the mildew and magnolias, the fierce old loyalties and that unarticulated sense of something stronger than the mere ephemera of modern lives spent on the move. ló4