Kate Germano

Kate Germano is an American author and a former lieutenant colonel in the United States Marine Corps.

Germano is known for her 2018 book Fight Like a Girl, which explores systemic gender bias against women in U.S. Marine Corps' recruiting and training policies.^[1]

Life

Germano graduated from the U.S. Marine Corps Command and Staff College. She served 20 years in the Marines. In 2015, she was relieved of command after she challenged Marine Corps leadership about systemic gender bias in the recruiting and training of women.^[2] She is the former chief operations officer of the Service Women's Action Network.^[3] In 2016, Germano founded Cassandra-Helenus Partners, LLC, an organization development and change leadership consulting firm.^[4] Since Germano retired from the Marines, the Corps has implemented some of her then-controversial training methods.^[5]

Works

External videos
After Words interview with Germano on Fight Like a Girl, August 18, 2018, C-SPAN

Fight like a Girl Amherst, New York : Prometheus Books, 2018. ISBN 9781633884137, OCLC 993645207^[6]^[7]

References

^ South, Todd (9 April 2018). "This retired Marine's book says the Corps has a history of gender bias". Marine Corps Times.
^ Philipps, Dave (13 July 2015). "Marine Commander's Firing Stirs Debate on Integration of Women in Corps". The New York Times.
^ SWAN (2016-05-04). "Kate Germano Takes Job as SWAN Chief Operating Officer". Service Women's Action Network. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
^ "What We do".
^ "Marine Corps disables comments on Twitter post about women training at San Diego recruit depot". 18 February 2021.
^ "Kate Germano Talks About Hew New Book, "Fight Like A Girl," and #MeToo". 27 March 2018.
^ Germano, Kate (31 March 2018). "Separate Is Not Equal in the Marine Corps". The New York Times.