United States. Naval Reserve. Women's Reserve

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The United States entered WWII in 1941 and soon faced a serious shortage of manpower in the military. Congress, along with public interest and advocacy from various national organizations, forced the Department of the Navy (over considerable internal resistance) to start accepting women into their service to augment the many thousands of men already active in the war effort. On June 24, 1942, Congress passed an act to create a women's reserve as a branch of the Naval reserve; to be governed by the same rules and privileges, but limited in that women could only work non-combat duty in the continental U.S. The idea was to free trained Naval men from desk jobs in order to increase the active fighting force--thus the rallying theme, "Free a man to fight." The new women's Naval Reserve units were called the WAVES (Women Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Services) and, with its sister Coast Guard Reserve the SPARS, proceeded to immediately set up training schools at many colleges and universities across the country. Basic training sites were located in Oklahoma (Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College at Stillwater), Iowa (Iowa State Teacher's College at Cedar Falls), Wisconsin (University of Wisconsin at Madison), Indiana (University of Indiana at Bloomington), and New York state (Hunter College in New York City). Officer training sites were established in Massachusetts at Mt. Holyoke College in South Hadley, and at Smith College in Northampton.

The creation of the WAVES represented a fundamental change that was occurring in American society as the war effort increased. Women were moving from the home into the work force and gaining increasing independence. In WWI, 11,275 women served in the Navy, mainly in secretarial and office positions, but they were not recognized nor was their service publicized, and no formal program existed for their training. In 1942, for the first time women were in uniform, earning the same pay, doing the same work, following the same rules, and receiving the same respect as Navy men. The publicity surrounding the WAVES focused on their independence, intelligence and equality with their male counterparts. However, the naval officers took care to remind everyone of their gender when designing their uniforms. Pants were vetoed in favor of skirts, fitted jackets, and stack heeled shoes that served to emphasize the femininity of the recruits. Women came to the WAVES from all sections of society, bringing a wide variety of skills and experience. Originally, black women were banned from the WAVES, creating a great deal of friction at some of the training schools. The President lifted the ban in 1944 and later that year the first black female officers graduated from the Smith College training school.

By the end of the war over 83,000 women were serving in the Navy, a number significantly over the original estimate of 11,000. They filled positions such as parachute riggers, pharmacist's mates, instrument flying trainers, store keepers, radio dispatchers, clerks, mechanics, lab technicians, mail carriers, decoders, and navigators. Most of the officers were restricted to the rank of lieutenant with the notable exception of Captain Mildred McAfee (the president of Wellesley College) who was the director the WAVES. Soon after peace was declared in 1945, the WAVES and SPARS programs were dismantled and the women who had been in the Navy returned to their homes or civilian jobs.

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referencedIn Rich, Frances. Frances Rich Papers, 1914-1988 Smith College, Neilson Library
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referencedIn Lewis, Madge, 1914-2003. Papers, 1944-1946. Naval War College, Henry E. Eccles Library
creatorOf United States Navy WAVES. United States Navy Waves photographs, 1944. Texas Woman's University Library, Mary Evelyn Blagg-Huey Library
creatorOf Selb, Bonnie. G.I. Bill Survey, 1995-2002. Operational Archive Branch, Naval History Center
referencedIn Lynn (Mass.). Board of Health. Lynn city government collection, 1850-[ongoing]. Lynn Historical Society Library
creatorOf WAVES (Women Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Services Unit) files, 1942-1996 (bulk 1942-1945). Smith College, Neilson Library
referencedIn Owenby, Willie May, 1915-2001. Papers, 1944-1979. Naval War College, Henry E. Eccles Library
referencedIn Reynard, Elizabeth. Papers, 1934-1962 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Guitteau, Joanne P. Papers, 1943-1944. Operational Archive Branch, Naval History Center
referencedIn Maguire, Mary V., 1918. Papers, 1943-1983. Naval War College, Henry E. Eccles Library
referencedIn United States. Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services. Records, 1951-1959 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
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referencedIn Carley, Verna A. (Verna Adeline), 1900-. Verna Carley papers, 1930s-1970s. Wisconsin Historical Society Archives
referencedIn Nash, Ruth Cowan, 1901-. Papers, 1905-1990 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Briggs, Margaret Virginia. Margaret Virginia Briggs collection : albums/scrapbooks and publications, 1945-1946. University of Arkansas - Fayetteville, University Libraries
referencedIn Baldwin, Alice M. (Alice Mary), 1879-1960. Alice M. Baldwin papers, 1863-1961. Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library
referencedIn Pavlick, Pauline. Pauline Pavlick papers, 1944-1946. Bentley Historical Library
referencedIn Van Voris, Jacqueline. Papers, 1967-1976. Smith College, Neilson Library
referencedIn Women in the armed services : [miscellaneous pamphlets on WACS, WAVES, nurses, etc. in the U.S. armed services, post World War II]. Chicago History Museum
referencedIn Tilghman, Mary Louise Mayer, 1908-. National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in Delaware oral history project, 1983-1989. Historical Society of Delaware
referencedIn Papers, 1935-1993 (inclusive), 1940-1968 (bulk) Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Williams, Helen Ann. Helen Ann Williams military records, 1940s. Texas Woman's University Library, Mary Evelyn Blagg-Huey Library
referencedIn Dunn, Lynne. Papers, 1942-1989. Operational Archive Branch, Naval History Center
referencedIn Papers, (inclusive), (bulk), ca.1913-2000, 1937-1999 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Tharp, Rosemary, 1921-1994. Papers of Rosemary Tharp, [194-]-1994. University of Iowa Libraries
referencedIn Selb, Bonnie. G.I. Bill Survey, 1995-2002. Operational Archive Branch, Naval History Center
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referencedIn Collins, Winifred Quick, 1911-1999. Papers, ca. 1913-2000 (inclusive), 1937-1999 (bulk). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn WAVES : U.S. Naval Training School (WR), 1943-1945. Lehman College Library, Leonard Lief Library
referencedIn William K. Anderson Papers, 1878-1967, 1936-1964 Bentley Historical Library
referencedIn Bonner, Ruth, 1920-. Oral history interview with Ruth Bonner [sound recording], 2007. Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center
referencedIn Oklahoma State University. Dept. of Military Science. Records, 1917-[ongoing]. Oklahoma State University Library, Edmon Low Library
referencedIn Hancock, Joy Bright, 1898-. Joy Bright Hancock papers, 1929-1983 (bulk 1945-1953). Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Meyers, Mae Estelle. WAVES uniforms. Texas Woman's University Library, Mary Evelyn Blagg-Huey Library
creatorOf U.S. Navy WAVES. WAVES photograph, 1944. Texas Woman's University Library, Mary Evelyn Blagg-Huey Library
referencedIn Powers, Anita,. Oral history interview with Anita (Temple) Powers [sound recording], 2007. Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center
referencedIn Wilde, Louise K. Papers, 1942-1979. Operational Archive Branch, Naval History Center
referencedIn Yegge, Louise Ross,. Oral history interview with Louise Ross Yegge, 2002 January 25. University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries, UNCG University Libraries
creatorOf WAVES (Women Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Services Unit) Files RG 12., 1942-1996, 1942-1945 Smith College Archives
referencedIn Johnson, Madeline K. Papers, 1918-1985. Operational Archive Branch, Naval History Center
referencedIn Miscellaneous subject collection, 1851-1985 Hunter college
referencedIn Pimlott, Lillian M. Lillian M. Pimlott papers, 1937-1968. University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries, UNCG University Libraries
referencedIn Dryden, Muriel Anne, 1911-. Papers of Muriel Anne Dryden, 1935-1990. University of Iowa Libraries
referencedIn Lukecart, Marjorie J., 1924-. Oral history interview and collection, 2002. Minnesota State University, Mankato, Library Services, Library Services
referencedIn Lyon, Pauline, 1922-. Papers of Pauline Lyon, 1884-1994. University of Iowa Libraries
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referencedIn Monahan, Evelyn. Evelyn Monahan and Rosemary Neidel-Greenlee papers, circa 1914-2011. Emory University. Special Collections and Archives
referencedIn Wiseman, Edith, 1925-. Wiseman, Edith b. 14 Sept. 1925 1940-1945 Letters. The Filson Historical Society
referencedIn Theisen, Kenneth M., 1923-. Oral history interview with Kenneth Theisen, [sound recording], 2005. Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center
referencedIn Frances T. and William E. Martin collection, 1942-ca. 2000. Historical Society of Washington, D.C.
referencedIn White, Luisa C., 1923-. Papers, 1944-1945. Naval War College, Henry E. Eccles Library
referencedIn Boyum, Bernice Larson, 1922-. Papers of Bernice Larson Boyum, 1943-1993 (bulk 1943-1948). University of Iowa Libraries
referencedIn War Effort Mobilization Campaigns Poster Collection, 1942-1945 David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
referencedIn Barbara Gilson papers MS 0805., 1912, 1942-1947, 1942-1945 Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections
referencedIn Eastman, Leona. WAVES collection, 20th century. Siouxland Heritage Museums
referencedIn Norman, Carol H. (Carol Hurlbutt), 1917-2001. Carol H. Norman papers, 1943-1950. (bulk 1943-1945). G. W. Blunt White Library
referencedIn Hawthorne, Mary Elizabeth, 1916-. Papers, 1944-1986. Naval War College, Henry E. Eccles Library
referencedIn Denny, Elizabeth S. Papers, 1944-1973. Operational Archive Branch, Naval History Center
referencedIn Toll, Katharine Wolcott. Papers of Katharine Wolcott Toll, 1809-2004 (inclusive), 1890-1985 (bulk). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Robert Sklarz collection 1942-1945 Sklarz, Robert collection William L. Clements Library
referencedIn Grubisic, Eve M., 1915-2008,. Oral history interview with Eve M. Grubisic, 2001. Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center
creatorOf United States. Naval Reserve. Women's Reserve. Records, 1954-1957 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn WAVES National. Correspondence of women who attended Oklahoma A & M College Naval Training School, 1992. Oklahoma State University Library, Edmon Low Library
referencedIn Olson, Ethyl,. Oral history interview with Ethyl Olson [sound recording], 2005. Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center
referencedIn Chapman, Jane Irene, 1917- 2000. Papers and photographs, ca. 1920-1957, (bulk 1943-1945). Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center
referencedIn Turner, Daniel S., 1917-2001. Oral history interview with Daniel S. Turner, [sound recording], 1995. Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center
referencedIn Potier, Ruth,. Oral history interview with Ruth Potier [sound recording], 2007. Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center
referencedIn U.S. Navy WAVES. WAVES photograph, 1944. Texas Woman's University Library, Mary Evelyn Blagg-Huey Library
referencedIn Warber, Esther Maxine. Esther Maxine Warber papers, 1945-2002. Bentley Historical Library
referencedIn Military training and personnel negatives, 1940s. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
referencedIn Patton, Kennon B.H., 1918-. Papers, 1942-1945. Naval War College, Henry E. Eccles Library
referencedIn John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History. War Effort Mobilization Campaigns Poster Collection, 1942-1945. Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library
referencedIn Bertalan, Frank J., 1914-. Oral history interview with Frank J. Bertalan [sound recording], 2002. Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center
referencedIn Retired IU Faculty, 1985 Indiana University, Bloomington. Center for the Study of History and Memory
referencedIn Bowers, Laura Boddie Jones, 1915-2003. Laura Boddie Jones Bowers papers, 1906-1990 (bulk 1931-1955). Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries
referencedIn Paczkowski, Joan A., 1935-. Oral history interview, 2002. Minnesota State University, Mankato, Library Services, Library Services
referencedIn Elizabeth Bonney van den Bosch collection 1943-2002 1943-1951 van den Bosch, Elizabeth Bonney collection William L. Clements Library
referencedIn Weis, Mary Dutton. Papers and photographs, 1943-1964. Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center
referencedIn Wiberg, Ella Ann, 1921-. Oral history interview with Ella Ann Wiberg [sound recording], 1995. Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center
referencedIn Nestegard, Dorothy. Papers, 1945. Operational Archive Branch, Naval History Center
referencedIn Burdick, Charles Burton, 1927-. Charles B. Burdick war poster collection, 1914-1979 (bulk 1914-1945). San Jose State University
referencedIn Hunter College. Miscellaneous subject collection - schools, centers, programs, and divisions, 1870-1979. Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
referencedIn Records of Radcliffe College President Ada Louise Comstock, 1923-1943 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Margaret Chung Papers, 1880-1958 (bulk 1942-1944 University of California, Berkeley. The Ethnic Studies Library.
referencedIn Lukecart, Marjorie J., 1924-. Oral history interview, 2002. Minnesota State University, Mankato, Library Services, Library Services
referencedIn Grace W. Gray papers MS 0772., 1941-2001, 1941-1945 Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections
referencedIn Jacqueline Van Voris Papers MS 166., 1944-1987 Sophia Smith Collection
referencedIn Comstock, Ada Louise. Papers, 1818-1982 (inclusive), 1887-1982 (bulk). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Barton, Jane. Papers, 1935-1993 (inclusive), 1940-1968 (bulk). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Morgan, Henrietta Hickman, 1917-1945. Scrapbooks, 1925-1947. Tennessee State Library & Archives, TSLA
referencedIn WAVES Chorus papers, 1959-1962. Operational Archive Branch, Naval History Center
referencedIn Delaney, Patricia Keegan,. Oral history interview with Patricia Keegan Delaney, 2001 May 1. University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries, UNCG University Libraries
referencedIn Mesaros, Pauline D. Papers, 1941-1952. Operational Archive Branch, Naval History Center
referencedIn Gray, Grace W. (Grace Warner), 1924-2001. Gray papers, 1941-2001 (bulk 1941-1945). Mount Holyoke College, Williston & Miles-Smith Library
referencedIn Mapp, John Aydelotte, 1913-. Papers, 1936-1946. Virginia Historical Society Library
referencedIn Pickens, Harriet, 1909-1969. Harriet Pickens papers, 1922-2005 (bulk 1930-1968) New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Scheck, Jane Rembowski, 1923-. Papers, 1944-1954. Naval War College, Henry E. Eccles Library
referencedIn U.S. Naval Station (Newport). Records, 1885-1974. Naval War College, Henry E. Eccles Library
referencedIn Grubaugh, Evelyn M. Powell, 1924-. Papers, 1944-1946. Naval War College, Henry E. Eccles Library
creatorOf WAVES National. Correspondence of women who attended Oklahoma A & M College Naval Training School, 1992. Oklahoma State University Library, Edmon Low Library
referencedIn Alex Bond Corder Papers 92-383; 2000-231; 2000-248; 2000-111; 2010-047. 35175065., 1927, 1937-1957, 1986-2000 Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
referencedIn Gilson, Barbara, 1925-. Gilson papers, 1912, 1942-1947 (bulk 1942-1945). Mount Holyoke College, Williston & Miles-Smith Library
referencedIn Buechler, Hazel E. The diary of Hazel E. Buechler. University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries, UNCG University Libraries
referencedIn Pouliot, Gabrielle C., 1913-. Papers, 1944-1968. Naval War College, Henry E. Eccles Library
referencedIn Thomas, Marge S. Papers, 1944-1945. Operational Archive Branch, Naval History Center
referencedIn Untermeyer, Marguerite G. Papers, 1942-1951. Operational Archive Branch, Naval History Center
referencedIn Wilson High School (Saint Paul, Minn.). Papers relating to former students in military service, 1942-1946. Minnesota Historical Society Library
referencedIn Blankenbaker, Marjorie L. Papers, 1943-1944. Operational Archive Branch, Naval History Center
referencedIn Dexter, Martha Perrin Dinsmore. Uniform, 1943-1946. Texas Woman's University Library, Mary Evelyn Blagg-Huey Library
referencedIn Kirkpatrick, Erma Hughes,. Oral history interview with Erma Hughes Kirkpatrick, 2001 May 12. University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries, UNCG University Libraries
referencedIn Waite, Nellie Welch, 1923-. Papers, 1943-1946. Naval War College, Henry E. Eccles Library
referencedIn MacKay, Gladys Godfrey. Gladys Godfrey MacKay papers, 1969-2001. Cornell University Library
referencedIn Radcliffe College. Class of 1943. Radcliffe Class of 1943 Oral History Project, 1988-1993 (inclusive). Radcliffe College, Archives
referencedIn Crandall, Elizabeth B.,. Elizabeth B. Crandall photograph collection, 1942. Stanford University, Hoover Institution Library
referencedIn Miller, Kenneth L., 1934-. Sea stories of Kenneth Miller [sound recording], 2007. Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center
referencedIn Aldrich, Barbara Tanner, 1917-. Papers, 1943-1945. Naval War College, Henry E. Eccles Library
referencedIn Hebel, Jean,. Papers, 1940-1980. Operational Archive Branch, Naval History Center
referencedIn Loktu, Dorothy. Papers, 1943-1966. Operational Archive Branch, Naval History Center
referencedIn Williford, Virginia C. Papers, 1944-1945. Operational Archive Branch, Naval History Center
referencedIn Irwin, Constance H. Frick, 1913-. Papers of Constance Frick Irwin, 1918-1995. University of Iowa Libraries
referencedIn Marshall, Alice Kahler,. Paper doll cut-outs booklets, 1941-1943. Pennsylvania State University Libraries
referencedIn Phi Gamma Delta house. Boulder Public Library
referencedIn Williams, L. Jane Irvine, 1921-. Papers, 1944-1946. Naval War College, Henry E. Eccles Library
referencedIn Color Association of the United States. Records, 1915-1983. Hagley Museum & Library
referencedIn Hancock, Joy Bright, 1898-. Papers, 1980-1984. Operational Archive Branch, Naval History Center
referencedIn Prieve, Betty M. Whitney, 1923- ,. Oral history interview with Betty M. Whitney Prieve [sound recording], 2004. Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center
referencedIn Ursin, Betty J. Oral history interview with Betty J. (Nelson) Ursin, [videorecording], 2002. Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center
referencedIn McMahon, Margaret Helen, 1909-1960. Margaret Helen McMahon Foreign Service Letters, 1943-1961. Southern Illinois University, Morris Library
referencedIn Chung, Margaret. Margaret Chung papers, 1933-1958 (bulk 1942-1944). UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Palmer, Jean T. Jean T. Palmer papers 1926-1992. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Kronfield, Josephine Martha Suter. Papers 1942-1945. Bowling Green State University, BGSU Libraries
referencedIn Allen Family collection, 10 Jun 1943-9 Aug 1945, 1952, 1961, ca.1984 (bulk 10 Jun 1943-9 Aug 1945). U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center
referencedIn Paris family. Paris family papers, 1938-1961 (bulk 1938-1945). Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Williams, Margaret E, 1910-2000. Papers and photographs, 1932-1951. Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center
referencedIn Anderson, William K. (William Knowlton), 1896-1967. William K. Anderson papers, 1878-1902 and 1917-1967 (bulk 1936-1964). Bentley Historical Library
creatorOf Rich, Frances. Frances Rich papers, 1924-1988. Getty Research Institute
referencedIn Kafka, Blanch Anna 1922-. Oral history interview with Blanche Anna (Koss) Kafka, [video recording], 2006. Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center
creatorOf United States. Naval Reserve. Women's Reserve. United States Navy Enlisted WAVES of North Dakota memorabilia, 1944. State Historical Society of North Dakota State Archives
referencedIn WAVES, U.S. Naval Supply Depot, Mechanicsburg, PA. The Helm Yearbook, 1946. Naval War College, Henry E. Eccles Library
Role Title Holding Repository
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associatedWith Aldrich, Barbara Tanner, 1917- person
associatedWith Algiers Naval Base (New Orleans, Louisiana) corporateBody
associatedWith Algiers Naval Base (New Orleans, Louisiana) corporateBody
associatedWith Anderson, William K. (William Knowlton), 1896-1967. person
associatedWith Baldwin, Alice M. (Alice Mary), 1879-1960. person
associatedWith Barton, Jane. person
associatedWith Belleau, Janice, 1924- person
associatedWith Beltmann, Mildred H. Friedrich, 1922- , person
associatedWith Bertalan, Frank J., 1914- person
associatedWith Blankenbaker, Marjorie L. person
associatedWith Bonner, Ruth, 1920- person
associatedWith Bowers, Laura Boddie Jones, 1915-2003. person
associatedWith Boyum, Bernice Larson, 1922- person
associatedWith Briggs, Margaret Virginia. person
associatedWith Buechler, Hazel E. person
associatedWith Burdick, Charles Burton, 1927- person
associatedWith Carley, Verna A. (Verna Adeline), 1900- person
associatedWith Chapman, Jane Irene, 1917- 2000. person
associatedWith Chung, Margaret person
associatedWith Chung, Margaret. person
associatedWith Collins, Winifred Quick, 1911-1999. person
associatedWith Color Association of the United States. corporateBody
associatedWith Comstock, Ada Louise. person
associatedWith Comstock, Ada Louise. person
associatedWith Corder, Alex Bond. person
associatedWith Crandall, Elizabeth B., person
associatedWith Delaney, Patricia Keegan, person
associatedWith Denny, Elizabeth S. person
associatedWith Dexter, Martha Perrin Dinsmore. person
associatedWith Dryden, Muriel Anne, 1911- person
associatedWith Dunn, Lynne. person
associatedWith Gilson, Barbara, 1925- person
associatedWith Gray, Grace W. (Grace Warner), 1924-2001 person
associatedWith Grubaugh, Evelyn M. Powell, 1924- person
associatedWith Grubisic, Eve M., 1915-2008, person
associatedWith Guitteau, Joanne P. person
associatedWith Hancock, Joy Bright, 1898- person
associatedWith Hawthorne, Mary Elizabeth, 1916- person
associatedWith Hayes, Jean McGrath. person
associatedWith Hebel, Jean, person
associatedWith Hunter College. corporateBody
associatedWith Indiana University Center for the Study of History and Memory corporateBody
associatedWith Irwin, Constance H. Frick, 1913- person
associatedWith Jane Barton person
associatedWith Johnson, Madeline K. person
associatedWith Kafka, Blanch Anna 1922- person
associatedWith Kirkpatrick, Erma Hughes, person
associatedWith Kronfield, Josephine Martha Suter. person
associatedWith Lewis, Madge, 1914-2003. person
associatedWith Loktu, Dorothy. person
associatedWith Lukecart, Marjorie J., 1924- person
associatedWith Lyon, Pauline, 1922- person
associatedWith MacKay, Gladys Godfrey. person
associatedWith Maguire, Mary V., 1918. person
associatedWith Mapp, John Aydelotte, 1913- person
associatedWith Marshall, Alice Kahler, person
associatedWith McMahon, Margaret Helen, 1909-1960. person
associatedWith Mesaros, Pauline D. person
associatedWith Meyers, Mae Estelle. person
associatedWith Miller, Kenneth L., 1934- person
associatedWith Monahan, Evelyn. person
associatedWith Morgan, Henrietta Hickman, 1917-1945. person
associatedWith Nash, Ruth Cowan, 1901- person
associatedWith Nestegard, Dorothy. person
associatedWith Norman, Carol H. (Carol Hurlbutt) person
associatedWith Norman, Carol H. (Carol Hurlbutt), 1917-2001. person
associatedWith Oklahoma State University. Dept. of Military Science. corporateBody
associatedWith Olson, Ethyl, person
associatedWith Owenby, Willie May, 1915-2001. person
associatedWith Paczkowski, Joan A., 1935- person
associatedWith Palmer, Jean T. person
associatedWith Paris family. family
associatedWith Patton, Kennon B.H., 1918- person
associatedWith Pavlick, Pauline. person
associatedWith Pickens, Harriet, 1909-1969. person
associatedWith Pimlott, Lillian M. person
associatedWith Potier, Ruth, person
associatedWith Pouliot, Gabrielle C., 1913- person
associatedWith Powers, Anita, person
associatedWith Prieve, Betty M. Whitney, 1923- , person
associatedWith Radcliffe College. Class of 1943. corporateBody
associatedWith Reynard, Elizabeth. person
associatedWith Rich, Frances. person
associatedWith Scheck, Jane Rembowski, 1923- person
associatedWith Sklarz family family
associatedWith Smith College corporateBody
associatedWith Tharp, Rosemary, 1921-1994. person
associatedWith Theisen, Kenneth M., 1923- person
associatedWith Thomas, Marge S. person
associatedWith Toll, Katharine Wolcott. person
associatedWith Turner, Daniel S., 1917-2001 person
associatedWith United States. Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services. corporateBody
associatedWith United States. Naval Reserve. Women's Reserve corporateBody
associatedWith United States. Reserve. Women's Reserve. corporateBody
associatedWith Untermeyer, Marguerite G. person
associatedWith Ursin, Betty J. person
associatedWith U.S. Naval Station (Newport) corporateBody
associatedWith U.S. Navy WAVES. corporateBody
associatedWith Van den Bosch, Elizabeth Kinsell Bonney, 1921-2002 person
associatedWith Van Voris, Jacqueline person
associatedWith Waite, Nellie Welch, 1923- person
associatedWith Warber, Esther Maxine. person
associatedWith War Effort Mobilization Campaigns Poster Collection. John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History. corporateBody
associatedWith WAVES, U.S. Naval Supply Depot, Mechanicsburg, PA. corporateBody
associatedWith Weis, Mary Dutton. person
associatedWith White, Luisa C., 1923- person
associatedWith Wiberg, Ella Ann, 1921- person
associatedWith Wilde, Louise K. person
associatedWith Williams, Helen Ann. person
associatedWith Williams, L. Jane Irvine, 1921- person
associatedWith Williams, Margaret E, 1910-2000. person
associatedWith Williford, Virginia C. person
associatedWith Wilson High School (Saint Paul, Minn.). corporateBody
associatedWith Wiseman, Edith, 1925- person
associatedWith Yates, Richard person
associatedWith Yegge, Louise Ross, person
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Naval history
Sailors
Women and the military
Women sailors
World War, 1939-1945
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