United States -- Armed forces -- Women
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Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Josephine Suter Kronfield WAVES scrapbook
Collection – Volume MMS-0364f
Identifier: MMS-0364
Abstract
Although women had served ably during World War I, mostly as clerical staff, legislation passed after the war had prohibited women from joining the military. With the coming of the Second World War, it was clear that women's skills were needed again. In July 1942, President Roosevelt signed the law allowing an expanding role for women in the Navy. Still, public response was uncertain. Even their name, WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service), suggested that their status was...
Dates:
Creation: 1942-1945
Found in:
Center for Archival Collections
Mary Frances Goldmann Klein interview
Collection – Box MMS-1307 to MMS-1318, Folder: MMS-1318
Identifier: MMS-1318
Abstract
Interview with a resident of Toledo, Ohio describing her life of as a private, sergeant and an officer in the Women's Army Corps during and immediately after World War II.
Dates:
Creation: 1984
Found in:
Center for Archival Collections
Mary Frances Goldmann Klein papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0197
Abstract
The papers of Mary Frances Goldmann Klein date from 1942 to 1946. The Klein Collection consists of three linear feet of scrapbooks and files containing correspondence, official Army documents, brochures, news clippings, and photos pertaining to her service in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps and Women's Army Corps.
Dates:
Creation: 1942-1946
Found in:
Center for Archival Collections
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