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First negro woman joins the WAVES
1. First negro woman joins the WAVES

Keywords:

    Participation, Female; United States; United States. Naval Reserve. Women's Reserve; Women; Women Soldiers; Women's Military Activity; World War, 1939 1945
View @ Morning Register (Des Moines, Iowa)
Wanda Sherwood Kearns discusses her service in the U.S. Naval Reserves
2. Wanda Sherwood Kearns discusses her service in the U.S. Naval Reserves

Kearns, Wanda Sherwood

Keywords:

    Interviews; Naval Reserve; Participation, Female; United States; Women; Women Air Traffic Controllers; Women Veterans; Women's Reserves; World War, 1939 1945
View @ Michigan State University. Libraries
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WAVEs to enroll negroes next year
3. WAVEs to enroll negroes next year

Keywords:

    Participation, Female; United States; United States. Naval Reserve. Women's Reserve; Women; Women Soldiers; Women's Military Activity; World War, 1939 1945
View @ Morning Register (Des Moines, Iowa)
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All Negro WAC band plays at Grinnell
4. All Negro WAC band plays at Grinnell

Keywords:

    Iowa; Participation, Female; United States; United States. Army. Women's Army Corps; Women; Women Soldiers; Women's Military Activity; World War, 1939 1945
View @ Herald Register (Grinnell, Iowa)
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Archery champ, dancer among WAACs here
5. Archery champ, dancer among WAACs here

Keywords:

    Fort Des Moines; Iowa; Participation, Female; Sports; United States; United States. Army. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps; Women; Women Soldiers; Women's Military Activity; World War, 1939 1945
View @ Tribune (Des Moines, Iowa)
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A song for invasion day; CAP sponsoring Air-WACaravan
6. A song for invasion day; CAP sponsoring Air-WACaravan

Keywords:

    Iowa; Participation, Female; United States; United States. Army. Women's Army Corps; Women; Women Soldiers; Women's Military Activity; World War, 1939 1945
View @ Journal (Decorah, Iowa)
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Base librarian; WAC private is talented musician and teacher; studies for master's degree
7. Base librarian; WAC private is talented musician and teacher; studies for master's degree

Keywords:

    Fort Des Moines; Iowa; Participation, Female; United States; United States. Army. Women's Army Corps; Women; Women Soldiers; Women's Military Activity; World War, 1939 1945
View @ Journal (Sioux City, Iowa)
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Chamber talk by WAAC
8. Chamber talk by WAAC

Keywords:

    Fort Des Moines; Iowa; Participation, Female; United States; United States. Army. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps; Women; Women Soldiers; Women's Military Activity; World War, 1939 1945
View @ Evening Tribune (Des Moines, Iowa)
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Class banquet for WAACs set; Retailers to sponsor party for 444
9. Class banquet for WAACs set; Retailers to sponsor party for 444

Keywords:

    Fort Des Moines; Iowa; Participation, Female; United States; United States. Army. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps; Women; Women Soldiers; Women's Military Activity; World War, 1939 1945
View @ Register (Des Moines, Iowa)
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Colfax ladies hear address by W. A. A. C. at Anniversary Tea
10. Colfax ladies hear address by W. A. A. C. at Anniversary Tea

Keywords:

    Fort Des Moines; Iowa; Participation, Female; United States; United States. Army. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps; Women; Women Soldiers; Women's Military Activity; World War, 1939 1945
View @ Tribune (Colfax, Iowa)
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Flowers for WAAC captain; Santa Claus in a uniform
11. Flowers for WAAC captain; Santa Claus in a uniform

Keywords:

    Fort Des Moines; Iowa; Participation, Female; United States; United States. Army. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps; Women; Women Soldiers; Women's Military Activity; World War, 1939 1945
View @ Morning Register (Des Moines, Iowa)
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Graduate 95 at WACpost; All commissioned 2nd Lieutenants
12. Graduate 95 at WACpost; All commissioned 2nd Lieutenants

Keywords:

    Fort Des Moines; Iowa; Participation, Female; Soldiers; United States; United States. Army. Women's Army Corps; Women; Women Soldiers; Women's Military Activity; World War, 1939 1945
View @ Evening Tribune (Des Moines, Iowa)
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Hospital wolf pack greet Easter models with whistle; WAC steals first prize from male contestants in hat designing
13. Hospital wolf pack greet Easter models with whistle; WAC steals first prize from male contestants in hat designing

Keywords:

    Iowa; Participation, Female; Soldiers; United States; United States. Army. Women's Army Corps; Women; Women Soldiers; Women's Military Activity; World War, 1939 1945
View @ Herald (Clinton, Iowa)
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Hughes store is outfitters for WAVES ; re-open
14. Hughes store is outfitters for WAVES ; re-open

Keywords:

    Cedar Falls; Iowa; Participation, Female; United States; United States. Naval Reserve. Women's Reserve; Women; Women Soldiers; Women's Military Activity; World War, 1939 1945
View @ Record (Cedar Falls, Iowa)
Interview of Laura Lutes Waters on her experience with American Red Cross during WWI
15. Interview of Laura Lutes Waters on her experience with American Red Cross during WWI

Waters, Laura Lutes

Keywords:

    American National Red Cross; Career In Tourism; Childhood And Youth; Interviews; Participation, Female; Personal Narratives, American; Red Cross; Training; War Work; Waters, Laura Lutes; World War, 1914 1918
View @ Michigan State University. Libraries
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Marching down the field; Negro WAC band will play here Saturday eve-Will parade downtown streets and play concert at park
16. Marching down the field; Negro WAC band will play here Saturday eve-Will parade downtown streets and play concert at park

Keywords:

    Fort Des Moines; Iowa; Participation, Female; United States; United States. Army. Women's Army Corps; Women; Women Soldiers; Women's Military Activity; World War, 1939 1945
View @ Herald Register (Grinnell, Iowa)
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Nancy Harvey Searcy
17. Nancy Harvey Searcy

Keywords:

    African American Women; African Americans; Armed Forces; Embracing Citizenship; Military Service; Participation, African American; Participation, Female; United States; Women; World War, 1939 1945
View @ Roy Bailey African American Museum
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Negro officer seeks recruits for WAAC
18. Negro officer seeks recruits for WAAC

Keywords:

    African Americans; Participation, African American; Participation, Female; United States; United States. Army. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps; Women; Women Soldiers; Women's Military Activity; World War, 1939 1945
View @ Gazette (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)
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Negro Waac officers in recruiting talk here Wednesday
19. Negro Waac officers in recruiting talk here Wednesday

Keywords:

    African Americans; Iowa; Participation, African American; Participation, Female; United States; United States. Army. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps; Women; Women Soldiers; Women's Military Activity; World War, 1939 1945
View @ Times Republican (Marshalltown, Iowa)
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Negro WAAC recruiter here
20. Negro WAAC recruiter here

Keywords:

    African Americans; Iowa; Participation, African American; Participation, Female; United States; United States. Army. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps; Women; Women Soldiers; Women's Military Activity; World War, 1939 1945
View @ Courier (Ottumwa, Iowa)
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Negro Waac recruiting officer to be here
21. Negro Waac recruiting officer to be here

Keywords:

    African Americans; Iowa; Participation, African American; Participation, Female; United States; United States. Army. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps; Women; Women Soldiers; Women's Military Activity; World War, 1939 1945
View @ Times Republican (Marshalltown, Iowa)
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Negro WAC band in concert today
22. Negro WAC band in concert today

Keywords:

    Fort Des Moines; Iowa; Participation, Female; Soldiers; United States; United States. Army. Women's Army Corps; Women; Women Soldiers; Women's Military Activity; World War, 1939 1945
View @ Morning Register (Des Moines, Iowa)
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Negro WAC band is discontinued
23. Negro WAC band is discontinued

Keywords:

    Fort Des Moines; Iowa; Participation, Female; United States; United States. Army. Women's Army Corps; Women; Women Soldiers; Women's Military Activity; World War, 1939 1945
View @ Morning Register (Des Moines, Iowa)
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Negro WACS at air-base perform important jobs; Replace men who are thus released for duty with Army combat forces
24. Negro WACS at air-base perform important jobs; Replace men who are thus released for duty with Army combat forces

Keywords:

    Iowa; Participation, Female; United States; United States. Army. Women's Army Corps; Women; Women Soldiers; Women's Military Activity; World War, 1939 1945
View @ Journal (Sioux City, Iowa)
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Negro WAC unit to Sioux City air base
25. Negro WAC unit to Sioux City air base

Keywords:

    Iowa; Participation, Female; United States; United States. Army. Women's Army Corps; Women; Women Soldiers; Women's Military Activity; World War, 1939 1945
View @ Morning Register (Des Moines, Iowa)
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Nurse draft not needed, group told
26. Nurse draft not needed, group told

Keywords:

    Participation, Female; Soldiers; United States; United States. Army. Women's Army Corps; Women; Women Soldiers; Women's Military Activity; World War, 1939 1945
View @ Morning Register (Des Moines, Iowa)
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Octavus Roy Cohen - he'll write of WAAC - Florian Slappey's creator
27. Octavus Roy Cohen - he'll write of WAAC - Florian Slappey's creator

Keywords:

    Fort Des Moines; Iowa; Participation, Female; United States; United States. Army. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps; Women; Women Soldiers; Women's Military Activity; World War, 1939 1945
View @ Tribune (Des Moines, Iowa)
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Oral history interview with Catherine Wiley
28. Oral history interview with Catherine Wiley

Wiley, Catherine

Keywords:

    African Americans; Armed Forces; Interviews; Participation, Female; United States; United States. Army. Women's Army Corps; Veterans; Women; World War, 1939 1945
View @ Atlanta History Center
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Pella's tulip fete draws 4,000 people
29. Pella's tulip fete draws 4,000 people

Keywords:

    Iowa; Participation, Female; United States; United States. Army. Women's Army Corps; Women; Women Soldiers; Women's Military Activity; World War, 1939 1945
View @ Morning Register (Des Moines, Iowa)
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Plain food but lots of it is fare of WAACs
30. Plain food but lots of it is fare of WAACs

Keywords:

    Fort Des Moines; Iowa; Participation, Female; United States; United States. Army. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps; Women; Women Soldiers; Women's Military Activity; World War, 1939 1945
View @ Tribune (Des Moines, Iowa)
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Recruits hear director - calls WAAC 'a plan realized'; New WAACs every week
31. Recruits hear director - calls WAAC 'a plan realized'; New WAACs every week

Keywords:

    Fort Des Moines; Iowa; Participation, Female; United States; United States. Army. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps; Women; Women Soldiers; Women's Military Activity; World War, 1939 1945
View @ Tribune (Des Moines, Iowa)
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Spotlight band from W.A.A.C. camp
32. Spotlight band from W.A.A.C. camp

Keywords:

    Fort Des Moines; Iowa; Participation, Female; United States; United States. Army. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps; Women; Women Soldiers; Women's Military Activity; World War, 1939 1945
View @ Journal (Sioux City, Iowa)
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Spotlight failed
33. Spotlight failed

Keywords:

    Fort Des Moines; Iowa; Participation, Female; United States; United States. Army. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps; Women; Women Soldiers; Women's Military Activity; World War, 1939 1945
View @ Telegraph-Herald (Dubuque, Iowa)
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Thousand WAVES to be fitted in uniforms here; Fitting and alteration rooms in Black's eighth floor and county building
34. Thousand WAVES to be fitted in uniforms here; Fitting and alteration rooms in Black's eighth floor and county building

Keywords:

    Cedar Falls; Iowa; Participation, Female; United States; United States. Naval Reserve. Women's Reserve; Women; Women Soldiers; Women's Military Activity; World War, 1939 1945
View @ Courier (Waterloo, Iowa)
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WAAC is speaker
35. WAAC is speaker

Keywords:

    Fort Des Moines; Iowa; Participation, Female; United States; United States. Army. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps; Women; Women Soldiers; Women's Military Activity; World War, 1939 1945
View @ News (Newton, Iowa)
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WAAC to address Negro Club women
36. WAAC to address Negro Club women

Keywords:

    Fort Des Moines; Iowa; Participation, Female; United States; United States. Army. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps; Women; Women Soldiers; Women's Military Activity; World War, 1939 1945
View @ Tribune (Des Moines, Iowa)
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WAC concert will feature skit
37. WAC concert will feature skit

Keywords:

    Fort Des Moines; Iowa; Participation, Female; United States; United States. Army. Women's Army Corps; Women; Women Soldiers; Women's Military Activity; World War, 1939 1945
View @ Tribune (Des Moines, Iowa)
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WAC negro band gives fine concert
38. WAC negro band gives fine concert

Keywords:

    Iowa; Participation, Female; United States; United States. Army. Women's Army Corps; Women; Women Soldiers; Women's Military Activity; World War, 1939 1945
View @ Herald Register (Grinnell, Iowa)
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The darling of the camp
39. The darling of the camp

Litz, B

Keywords:

    American Civil War (1861 1865); Civil War; Civil War, 1861 1865; Female; History; Military Participation; Music; Nurses; Participation, Female; Sheet Music; Songs And Music; Songs With Piano; United States
View @ University of Michigan
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A son born to a WAAC
40. A son born to a WAAC

Keywords:

    African Americans; Fort Des Moines; Iowa; Participation, African American; Participation, Female; United States; United States. Army. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps; Women; Women Soldiers; Women's Military Activity; World War, 1939 1945
View @ Evening Tribune (Des Moines, Iowa)
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Award to Negro WAC musician
41. Award to Negro WAC musician

Keywords:

    African Americans; Fort Des Moines; Iowa; Participation, African American; Participation, Female; United States; United States. Army. Women's Army Corps; Women; Women Soldiers; Women's Military Activity; World War, 1939 1945
View @ Evening Tribune (Des Moines, Iowa)
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Camp/military life
42. Camp/military life

Keywords:

    African Americans; Baseball; Boxing; Caricatures And Cartoons; Christmas Cards; Entertainers; Georgia; Hunter Army Airfield (Ga.); Military Life; Participation, Female; Pictorial Works; Recreation; Savannah; Social Aspects; Soldiers; United States; United States. Army; War Work; World War, 1939 1945
View @ Georgia Historical Society
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Camp/military life
43. Camp/military life

Keywords:

    African Americans; Asian Americans; Baseball; Boxing; Dissection; Entertainers; Georgia; Humor; Hunter Army Airfield (Ga.); Military Life; Participation, Female; Pictorial Works; Propaganda; Recreation; Savannah; Social Aspects; Soldiers; United States; United States. Army; War Work; World War, 1939 1945
View @ Georgia Historical Society
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Camp/military life
44. Camp/military life

Keywords:

    African Americans; Baseball; Boxing; Censorship; Entertainers; Georgia; Hunter Army Airfield (Ga.); Military Life; Participation, Female; Pictorial Works; Propaganda; Recreation; Savannah; Social Aspects; Soldiers; United States; United States. Army; War Work; World War, 1939 1945
View @ Georgia Historical Society
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Candidates for WAAC training to be notified; About 440 candidates take oath at local recruiting stations
45. Candidates for WAAC training to be notified; About 440 candidates take oath at local recruiting stations

Keywords:

    African Americans; Fort Des Moines; Iowa; Participation, African American; Participation, Female; United States; United States. Army. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps; Women; Women Soldiers; Women's Military Activity; World War, 1939 1945
View @ Herald (Indianola, Iowa)
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Cherokean fitted first WAAC uniform at Fort Des Moines
46. Cherokean fitted first WAAC uniform at Fort Des Moines

Keywords:

    African Americans; Fort Des Moines; Iowa; Participation, African American; Participation, Female; United States; United States. Army. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps; Women; Women Soldiers; Women's Military Activity; World War, 1939 1945
View @ Chief (Cherokee, Iowa)
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Church to hear WAAC officer
47. Church to hear WAAC officer

Keywords:

    African Americans; Fort Des Moines; Iowa; Participation, African American; Participation, Female; United States; United States. Army. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps; Women; Women Soldiers; Women's Military Activity; World War, 1939 1945
View @ Evening Tribune (Des Moines, Iowa)
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Director for Negro center
48. Director for Negro center

Keywords:

    African Americans; Fort Des Moines; Iowa; Participation, African American; Participation, Female; United States; United States. Army. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps; Women; Women Soldiers; Women's Military Activity; World War, 1939 1945
View @ Register (Des Moines, Iowa)
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Discrimination against WAACs is charged
49. Discrimination against WAACs is charged

Keywords:

    African Americans; Fort Des Moines; Iowa; Participation, African American; Participation, Female; United States; United States. Army. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps; Women; Women Soldiers; Women's Military Activity; World War, 1939 1945
View @ Tribune (Des Moines, Iowa)
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Five more WACs get commissions
50. Five more WACs get commissions

Keywords:

    African Americans; Fort Des Moines; Iowa; Participation, African American; Participation, Female; United States; United States. Army. Women's Army Corps; Women; Women Soldiers; Women's Military Activity; World War, 1939 1945
View @ Bystander (Des Moines, Iowa)
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Honor Negro WAACs
51. Honor Negro WAACs

Keywords:

    African Americans; Fort Des Moines; Iowa; Participation, African American; Participation, Female; United States; United States. Army. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps; Women; Women Soldiers; Women's Military Activity; World War, 1939 1945
View @ Tribune (Des Moines, Iowa)
Interview of Jane Piatt on her service in the Women's Army Corps during WWII and in the Korean War
52. Interview of Jane Piatt on her service in the Women's Army Corps during WWII and in the Korean War

Piatt, Jane

Keywords:

    Army; Commissariat; Earley, Charity Adams; Foreign Service; Hobby, Oveta Culp; Interviews; Korean War, 1950 1953; Military Life; Participation, Female; Personal Narratives, American; Piatt, Jane; United States; Veterans; Women; Women Veterans; Women's Army Corps; World War, 1939 1945
View @ Michigan State University. Libraries
Interview of Prudence Burns Burrell on her service in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps during World War II
53. Interview of Prudence Burns Burrell on her service in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps during World War II

Burrell, Prudence Burns

Keywords:

    African American Veterans; African Americans; Army; Army Nurse Corps; Burrell, Prudence Burns; Discrimination; Discrimination In The Military; History; Interviews; Marriage; Medical Care; Military Nursing; Nurses; Participation, Female; United States; Wedding Costume; Women; Women Veterans; World War, 1939 1945
View @ Michigan State University. Libraries
Interview of Rachel Babcock on her service with the U.S. Navy WAVES during World War II
54. Interview of Rachel Babcock on her service with the U.S. Navy WAVES during World War II

Babcock, Rachel

Keywords:

    Babcock, Rachel; Basic Training (Military Education); Interviews; Military Life; Naval Reserve; Participation, Female; Personal Narratives, American; Segregation; United States; Women; Women Soldiers; Women Veterans; Women's Reserve; World War, 1939 1945
View @ Michigan State University. Libraries
Interview of retired Major Clara Christine "Chris" Johnson on her service in the U.S Air Force
55. Interview of retired Major Clara Christine "Chris" Johnson on her service in the U.S Air Force

Johnson, Clara Christine

Keywords:

    African American Women; African Americans; Air Force; College Teaching; Employment; Interviews; Johnson, Clara Christine; Knowledge And Learning; Military Life; Participation, Female; Personal Narratives, American; Relations With Whites; United States; Veterans; Vietnam War, 1961 1975; Women; Women Veterans
View @ Michigan State University. Libraries
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Lt. Mays tells WAAC program in tour of state
56. Lt. Mays tells WAAC program in tour of state

Keywords:

    African Americans; Fort Des Moines; Iowa; Participation, African American; Participation, Female; United States; United States. Army. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps; Women; Women Soldiers; Women's Military Activity; World War, 1939 1945
View @ Bystander (Des Moines, Iowa)
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Ministers protest discrimination of WAACs at park
57. Ministers protest discrimination of WAACs at park

Keywords:

    African Americans; Fort Des Moines; Iowa; Participation, African American; Participation, Female; United States; United States. Army. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps; Women; Women Soldiers; Women's Military Activity; World War, 1939 1945
View @ Bystander (Des Moines, Iowa)
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More WAACs report; Population grows - also piccolo players
58. More WAACs report; Population grows - also piccolo players

Keywords:

    African Americans; Fort Des Moines; Iowa; Participation, African American; Participation, Female; United States; United States. Army. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps; Women; Women Soldiers; Women's Military Activity; World War, 1939 1945
View @ Tribune (Des Moines, Iowa)
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Negro recruits sought be WAAC; Lieutenant here Tuesday to receive applications
59. Negro recruits sought be WAAC; Lieutenant here Tuesday to receive applications

Keywords:

    African Americans; Fort Des Moines; Iowa; Participation, African American; Participation, Female; United States; United States. Army. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps; Women; Women Soldiers; Women's Military Activity; World War, 1939 1945
View @ Courier (Waterloo, Iowa)
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Negro service men entertained at WAAC center
60. Negro service men entertained at WAAC center

Keywords:

    African Americans; Fort Des Moines; Iowa; Participation, African American; Participation, Female; United States; United States. Army. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps; Women; Women Soldiers; Women's Military Activity; World War, 1939 1945
View @ Register (Des Moines, Iowa)
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Negro WAACs and soldiers entertained
61. Negro WAACs and soldiers entertained

Keywords:

    African Americans; Fort Des Moines; Iowa; Participation, African American; Participation, Female; United States; United States. Army. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps; Women; Women Soldiers; Women's Military Activity; World War, 1939 1945
View @ Register (Des Moines, Iowa)
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Negro WAACs entertained at tea
62. Negro WAACs entertained at tea

Keywords:

    African Americans; Fort Des Moines; Iowa; Participation, African American; Participation, Female; United States; United States. Army. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps; Women; Women Soldiers; Women's Military Activity; World War, 1939 1945
View @ Register (Des Moines, Iowa)
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Negro WAAC to preach
63. Negro WAAC to preach

Keywords:

    African Americans; Fort Des Moines; Iowa; Participation, African American; Participation, Female; United States; United States. Army. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps; Women; Women Soldiers; Women's Military Activity; World War, 1939 1945
View @ Tribune (Des Moines, Iowa)
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Negro WAC a Major
64. Negro WAC a Major

Keywords:

    African Americans; Fort Des Moines; Iowa; Participation, African American; Participation, Female; United States; United States. Army. Women's Army Corps; Women; Women Soldiers; Women's Military Activity; World War, 1939 1945
View @ News (Newton, Iowa)
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Negro WAC becomes Major
65. Negro WAC becomes Major

Keywords:

    African Americans; Fort Des Moines; Iowa; Participation, African American; Participation, Female; United States; United States. Army. Women's Army Corps; Women; Women Soldiers; Women's Military Activity; World War, 1939 1945
View @ Morning Register (Des Moines, Iowa)
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Negro WAC pastor named
66. Negro WAC pastor named

Keywords:

    African Americans; Fort Des Moines; Iowa; Participation, African American; Participation, Female; United States; United States. Army. Women's Army Corps; Women; Women Soldiers; Women's Military Activity; World War, 1939 1945
View @ Evening Tribune (Des Moines, Iowa)
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New chaplain for WAACs
67. New chaplain for WAACs

Keywords:

    African Americans; Fort Des Moines; Iowa; Participation, African American; Participation, Female; United States; United States. Army. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps; Women; Women Soldiers; Women's Military Activity; World War, 1939 1945
View @ Tribune (Des Moines, Iowa)
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New group of WAACs assigned cooks-bakers and administration; Seventy-eight to administrative specialist school; seventy-one WAACs to cooks and bakers school
68. New group of WAACs assigned cooks-bakers and administration; Seventy-eight to administrative specialist school; seventy-one WAACs to cooks and bakers school

Keywords:

    African Americans; Fort Des Moines; Iowa; Participation, African American; Participation, Female; United States; United States. Army. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps; Women; Women Soldiers; Women's Military Activity; World War, 1939 1945
View @ Bystander (Des Moines, Iowa)
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New Mexico woman gets No. 1 place
69. New Mexico woman gets No. 1 place

Keywords:

    African Americans; Fort Des Moines; Iowa; Participation, African American; Participation, Female; United States; United States. Army. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps; Women; Women Soldiers; Women's Military Activity; World War, 1939 1945
View @ Register (Des Moines, Iowa)
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373 new Negro WAACs coming
70. 373 new Negro WAACs coming

Keywords:

    African Americans; Fort Des Moines; Iowa; Participation, African American; Participation, Female; United States; United States. Army. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps; Women; Women Soldiers; Women's Military Activity; World War, 1939 1945
View @ Register (Des Moines, Iowa)
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Nurses at Fort Des Moines hospital
71. Nurses at Fort Des Moines hospital

Keywords:

    African Americans; Fort Des Moines; Iowa; Participation, African American; Participation, Female; United States; United States. Army. Women's Army Corps; Women; Women Soldiers; Women's Military Activity; World War, 1939 1945
View @ Bystander (Des Moines, Iowa)
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Open exhibit of Negro art
72. Open exhibit of Negro art

Keywords:

    African Americans; Fort Des Moines; Iowa; Participation, African American; Participation, Female; United States; United States. Army. Women's Army Corps; Women; Women Soldiers; Women's Military Activity; World War, 1939 1945
View @ Morning Register (Des Moines, Iowa)
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Open service club for Negro WAACs
73. Open service club for Negro WAACs

Keywords:

    African Americans; Fort Des Moines; Iowa; Participation, African American; Participation, Female; United States; United States. Army. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps; Women; Women Soldiers; Women's Military Activity; World War, 1939 1945
View @ Register (Des Moines, Iowa)
video
Oral history interview of Catherine Wiley
74. Oral history interview of Catherine Wiley

Chelani, Michelle

Keywords:

    African Americans; Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority; American Leadership Study Group; Columbia University; Participation, African American; Participation, Female; United States; United States. Army. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps; Universities; University Of Georgia; Women; World War, 1939 1945
View @ Atlanta History Center
video
Oral history interview with Michelle Eason
75. Oral history interview with Michelle Eason

Eason, Michelle

Keywords:

    African American Officers; African Americans; Armed Forces; Ballistic Missiles; Gas Masks; Interviews; Missile Attack Warning Systems; Participation, Female; Persian Gulf War, 1991; Saudi Arabia; United States; United States. Army; Veterans; Women
View @ Atlanta History Center
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Part of WAAC to serve with U.S. force overseas
76. Part of WAAC to serve with U.S. force overseas

Keywords:

    African Americans; Fort Des Moines; Iowa; Participation, African American; Participation, Female; United States; United States. Army. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps; Women; Women Soldiers; Women's Military Activity; World War, 1939 1945
View @ Tribune (Des Moines, Iowa)
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Receives commission in hospital
77. Receives commission in hospital

Keywords:

    African Americans; Fort Des Moines; Iowa; Participation, African American; Participation, Female; United States; United States. Army. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps; Women; Women Soldiers; Women's Military Activity; World War, 1939 1945
View @ Register (Des Moines, Iowa)
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U.S.O. center for Negro WAACs and soldiers
78. U.S.O. center for Negro WAACs and soldiers

Keywords:

    African Americans; Fort Des Moines; Iowa; Participation, African American; Participation, Female; United States; United States. Army. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps; Women; Women Soldiers; Women's Military Activity; World War, 1939 1945
View @ Register (Des Moines, Iowa)
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WAAC dies after crash; 3 others hurt as car hits train
79. WAAC dies after crash; 3 others hurt as car hits train

Keywords:

    African Americans; Fort Des Moines; Iowa; Participation, African American; Participation, Female; United States; United States. Army. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps; Women; Women Soldiers; Women's Military Activity; World War, 1939 1945
View @ Tribune (Des Moines, Iowa)
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WAVES at a Meal
80. WAVES at a Meal

United States. Navy Dept

Keywords:

    African American Women Employees; African Americans; Education; Georgia; Georgia State College For Women; Military Training Camps; Milledgeville; Participation, Female; United States; United States. Naval Reserve. Women's Reserve; Women; Women's Colleges; World War, 1939 1945
View @ Russell Library. Special Collections
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Week end with WAAC opens Sat. at service club
81. Week end with WAAC opens Sat. at service club

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    African Americans; Fort Des Moines; Iowa; Participation, African American; Participation, Female; United States; United States. Army. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps; Women; Women Soldiers; Women's Military Activity; World War, 1939 1945
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General Tubman on the Combahee
82. General Tubman on the Combahee

Spencer, Onah

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    African American Abolitionists; African Americans; American Mysteries (United States) (Society); Brown, John, 1800 1859; Civil War; Civil War, 1861 1865; Coffin, Levi, 1798 1877; Combahee River (S.C.); Fugitive Slaves; History; History, Military; Montgomery, James, 1814 1871; Participation, Female; Raids (Military Science); Slaver; Tubman, Harriet, 1822 1913; Underground Railroad; United States
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Camp/military life
83. Camp/military life

Keywords:

    African Americans; Boats And Boating; Boxing; Caricatures And Cartoons; Children; Dogs; Entertainers; Georgia; Hunter Army Airfield (Ga.); Military Life; Participation, Female; Pictorial Works; Recreation; Savannah; Social Aspects; Soldiers; Swimming; United States; United States. Air Force; United States. Air Force. Photographic Squadron, 7th; War Work; Women; World War, 1939 1945
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Oral history interview of Catherine Wiley
84. Oral history interview of Catherine Wiley

Kyle, Glen

Keywords:

    African Americans; Columbia University; Discrimination; Morris Brown College; Participation, African American; Participation, Female; Personal Narratives, American; Race Discrimination; Segregation; United States; United States. Army. Quartermaster Corps; United States. Army. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps; United States. Army. Women's Army Corps; Universities; University Of Georgia; Women; World War, 1939 1945
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Oral history interview of Margaret Bell Bloodworth, part 2 of 2
85. Oral history interview of Margaret Bell Bloodworth, part 2 of 2

Westbrook, Frances H

Keywords:

    American Association Of Retired Persons; American Host Program; Atlanta; Delta Kappa Gamma Society; Depressions; Georgia; Georgia Partners Of The Americas; Participation, Female; Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack On, 1941; Personal Narratives, American; Red Hat Society; Segregation; United Daughters Of The Confederacy; World War, 1939 1945
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Oral history interview of Milka Bamond
86. Oral history interview of Milka Bamond

VerHoef, Sue Hardy

Keywords:

    Atomic Bomb; B 17 Bomber; Briggs & Stratton Corporation; Fox Theatre (Detroit, Mich.); Participation, Female; Race Relations; Rationing; Rosie The Riveter (Symbolic Character); Societies And Clubs; V J Day, 1945; Women; Women Blue Collar Workers; World War, 1939 1945; Young Women's Christian Association (Detroit, Mich.)
View @ Atlanta History Center
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Photograph of Rebecca Landers in Women's Army Auxiliary Corps uniform, 1943 May 26
87. Photograph of Rebecca Landers in Women's Army Auxiliary Corps uniform, 1943 May 26

Keywords:

    African Americans; History; Jennings, Rebecca Bonham Landers; Landers, Corris; Military History; Military Personnel; Nashville; Participation, African American; Participation, Female; Soldiers; Sources; Tennessee; United States; United States. Army. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps; United States. Army. Women's Army Corps; Veterans; War; Women; World War Ii; World War, 1939 1945
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Women's Army Corps and WAC African American Band scrapbook from Fort Des Moines
88. Women's Army Corps and WAC African American Band scrapbook from Fort Des Moines

Keywords:

    African American Troops; African American Women; African Americans; Bands (Music); Fort Des Moines (Iowa); History; John Hope Franklin Research Center For African And African American History And Culture; Military Life; Military Music; Participation, African American; Participation, Female; Pictorial Works; Social Conditions; Songs And Music; United States; United States. Army; United States. Army. Women's Army Corps; Women; Women And The Military; Women And War; World War, 1939 1945
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Wade, Edie Berry
89. Wade, Edie Berry

Keywords:

    Aerial Operations, French; Aerial Operations, German; Air Raid Shelters; Air Raid Warning Systems; Airplanes; American Committee For Devastated France; Armies; Armistices; Artillery Operations, German; Automobiles; Aviation; Bairnsfather, Bruce, 1887 1959; Bicycles; Casualties; Cathedrals; Catholic Church; Cemeteries; Censorship; Cercle De L'union Interalliee; Champs Elysees (Paris, France); Chaplin, Charlie, 1889 1977; Chateau De Fontainebleau (Fontainebleau, France); Chateau De Versailles (Versailles, France); Chateau Thierry, Battle Of, Chateau Thierry, France, 1918; Christianity; Church Of The Holy Trinity (Stratford Upon Avon, England); Clothing And Dress; Condolence Notes; Corelli, Marie, 1855 1924; Correspondence; Daylight Saving; Discrimination; Distinguished Service Cross (U.S.); Dwellings; Economic & Industrial Aspects; Eglise De La Madeleine (Paris, France); England; Female Telephone Operators Unit; Foch, Ferdinand, 1851 1929; France; French Revolution; Germans; Germany; Great Britain; Great Britain. Army. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps; Great Britain. Royal Navy; Health Aspects; Hearst, William Randolph, 1863 1951; Howitzers; Influenza Epidemic, 1918 1919; Jardin Des Tuileries (Paris, France); Jazz; Knights Of The Round Table (San Francisco, Calif.); Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, Marquis De, 1757 1834; London; London (England); Louis Xvi, King Of France, 1754 1793; Marie Antoinette, Queen, Consort Of Louis Xvi, King Of France, 1755 1793; Marlowe, Julia, 1865 1950; Medical And Sanitary Affairs; Military Aircraft; Military Correspondence; Military Hospitals; Military Uniforms; Musee Du Louvre; Napoleon I, Emperor Of The French, 1769 1821; Naval Operations; New York; New York (State); Paris; Paris (France); Paris Peace Conference (1919 1920); Participation, Female; Patriotism; Pay, Allowances, Etc; Pershing, John J. (John Joseph), 1860 1948; Piloting; Poetry; President Grant (Transport Ship); Prisoners And Prisons, German; Racial Discrimination; Railroads; Rationing; Records And Correspondence; Red Cross; Repatriation Of War Dead; Roads; Salvation Army; Signal Corps; Social Aspects; Soldiers; Songs And Music; Sothern, E. H. (Edward Hugh), 1859 1933; St. Gervais (Church : Paris, France); Stars And Stripes (Newspaper); Stratford Upon Avon (England); Submarine; Subways; Theater; Tour Eiffel (Paris, France); Transportation; Typhoid Fever; United States; United States. Army; United States. Army. American Graves Registration Service; United States. Navy; Vaccination; War Bonds; War Work; Wilson, Woodrow, 1856 1924; Women; Women's Land Army Of America; World War 1914 1918; World War, 1914 1918; Young Men's Christian Associations
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