Concept information
Preferred term
Gold Star Mothers
Definition
- The term Gold Star Mothers refers to mothers who have had a child die in military service in time of war. The gold star comes from a service flag displayed by families of American service personnel to show the family had had a child in the Armed Forces of the United States. [Source: Encyclopedia of Death and the Human Experience; Gold Star Mothers]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Gold_Star_Mothers
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