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Areas of Expertise (5)
War, Gender and the U.S. Military
20th Century United States Social, Cultural, and Gender History
World Wars
Women and the Military
War and Society
Accomplishments (5)
Ridgeway Research Grant, Military History Institute, Army Heritage and Education Center
2012 – 2013
Grant-in-Aid, Rockefeller Archive Center
2012
Minigrant, New Jersey Historical Commission
2012
Research Travel Grant, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Foundation
2012 – 2013
Loewenstein-Wiener Fellowship, American Jewish Archives
2012 – 2013
Education (3)
Indiana University: Ph.D., History 2006
Indiana University: M.A., History 2001
Marshall University: B.A., History and English 1999
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Media Appearances (2)
This Delaware 'farmette' helped feed America while the men fought in WWII
Delaware Online
2018-11-08
Dixon Vuic, the TCU professor, said the story of the farmettes is often overlooked because the work was seasonal and less publicized. Generally, Vuic said, the difference between the women who worked in the factories and those who worked on the farms was their socioeconomic status. Women who became the sole provider of their families during the war took the factory jobs because they paid better.
Fighting for Women’s Rights, Roy Hollander is His Own Worst Enemy
Highbrow Magazine
2014-09-19
Dr. Kara Dixon Vuic, a history professor and expert on military and gender at Highpoint University, agrees. She says that many women have wanted these options for a long time. “Many women have historically pushed for greater access to the military and to combat roles because they believed service to be a duty they owed their country,” Vuic says. “They hoped that service would translate to equal citizenship, and they wanted the same benefits of service that men received.”