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Woman wearing U.S. Army uniform, circa 1941/1945

1. Woman wearing U.S. Army uniform, circa 1941/1945

Keywords:

African American Soldiers; African Americans; Postcards; Women; Women Soldiers

View @ University of Southern California. Libraries

Les amazones guerrières du Dahomey. (D'après une photographie communiquée par M. le colonel Dinnematin-Dorat.)

2. Les amazones guerrières du Dahomey. (D'après une photographie communiquée par M. le colonel Dinnematin-Dorat.)

Keywords:

Africa; Benin; Clothing & Dress; Warriors; West Africans; Women; Women Soldiers

View @ Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division. The New York Public Library

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"Auxiliaries Ruth Wade and Lucille Mayo (left to right) further demonstrate their ability to service trucks as taught them during the processing period at Fort Des Moines and put into practice at Fort Huachuca, Arizona."

3. "Auxiliaries Ruth Wade and Lucille Mayo (left to right) further demonstrate their ability to service trucks as taught them during the processing period at Fort Des Moines and put into practice at Fort Huachuca, Arizona."

Keywords:

African Americans; Women; Women Soldiers; World War, 1939 1945

View @ National Archives and Records Administration

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"Capt. Della H. Raney, Army Nurse Corps, who now heads the nursing staff at the station hospital at Camp Beale, CA, has the distinction of being the first Negro nurse to report to duty in the present war..."

4. "Capt. Della H. Raney, Army Nurse Corps, who now heads the nursing staff at the station hospital at Camp Beale, CA, has the distinction of being the first Negro nurse to report to duty in the present war..."

Keywords:

African Americans; Women; Women Soldiers; World War, 1939 1945

View @ National Archives and Records Administration

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"Lt. Florie E. Gant...tends a patient at a prisoner-of war hospital somewhere in England."

5. "Lt. Florie E. Gant...tends a patient at a prisoner-of war hospital somewhere in England."

Keywords:

African Americans; Women; Women Soldiers; World War, 1939 1945

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"Members of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion take part in a parade ceremony in honor of Joan d'Arc at the marketplace where she was burned at the stake."

6. "Members of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion take part in a parade ceremony in honor of Joan d'Arc at the marketplace where she was burned at the stake."

Keywords:

African Americans; Women; Women Soldiers; World War, 1939 1945

View @ National Archives and Records Administration

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"Pfc. Johnnie Mae Welton, Negro WAC, laboratory technician trainee, conducts an experiment in the serology laboratory sf the Fort Jackson Station Hospital, Fort Jackson, SC."

7. "Pfc. Johnnie Mae Welton, Negro WAC, laboratory technician trainee, conducts an experiment in the serology laboratory sf the Fort Jackson Station Hospital, Fort Jackson, SC."

Keywords:

African Americans; Women; Women Soldiers; World War, 1939 1945

View @ National Archives and Records Administration

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Photograph of Lester A. Walton, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Liberia, with U.S. Army Women

8. Photograph of Lester A. Walton, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Liberia, with U.S. Army Women

Keywords:

African Americans; Women; Women Soldiers; World War, 1939 1945

View @ National Archives and Records Administration

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"Somewhere in England, Maj. Charity E. Adams,...and Capt. Abbie N. Campbell,...inspect the first contingent of Negro members of the Women's Army Corps assigned to overseas service."

9. "Somewhere in England, Maj. Charity E. Adams,...and Capt. Abbie N. Campbell,...inspect the first contingent of Negro members of the Women's Army Corps assigned to overseas service."

Keywords:

African Americans; Women; Women Soldiers; World War, 1939 1945

View @ National Archives and Records Administration

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"Surgical ward treatment at the 268th Station Hospital, Base A, Milne Bay, New Guinea. Left to right: Sgt. Lawrence McKreever, patient; 2nd Lt. Prudence Burns, ward nurse; 2nd Lt. Elcena Townscent, chief surgical nurse; and an unidentified nurse."

10. "Surgical ward treatment at the 268th Station Hospital, Base A, Milne Bay, New Guinea. Left to right: Sgt. Lawrence McKreever, patient; 2nd Lt. Prudence Burns, ward nurse; 2nd Lt. Elcena Townscent, chief surgical nurse; and an unidentified nurse."

Keywords:

African Americans; Women; Women Soldiers; World War, 1939 1945

View @ National Archives and Records Administration

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"The first Negro WACs to arrive [on] the continent of Europe were 800 girls of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Bn, who had also been the first to arrive in England. After the battalion had set up its facilities at Rouen, France, it held an `open house', which was attended by hundreds of Negro soldiers. Pvt. Ruth L. James,...of the battalion area is on duty at the gate."

11. "The first Negro WACs to arrive [on] the continent of Europe were 800 girls of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Bn, who had also been the first to arrive in England. After the battalion had set up its facilities at Rouen, France, it held an `open house', which was attended by hundreds of Negro soldiers. Pvt. Ruth L. James,...of the battalion area is on duty at the gate."

Keywords:

African Americans; Women; Women Soldiers; World War, 1939 1945

View @ National Archives and Records Administration

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"The `Top-Kick' looks them over at Camp Shanks, New York, Transportation Corps staging area of the New York Port of Embarkation. Tech. Sgt. Tommye Berry, Acting 1st Sgt. of the Negro WAC group..."

12. "The `Top-Kick' looks them over at Camp Shanks, New York, Transportation Corps staging area of the New York Port of Embarkation. Tech. Sgt. Tommye Berry, Acting 1st Sgt. of the Negro WAC group..."

Keywords:

African Americans; Women; Women Soldiers; World War, 1939 1945

View @ National Archives and Records Administration

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"Two Negro SPARS pause on the ladder of the dry-land ship `U.S.S. Neversail' during their `boot' training at the U.S. Coast Guard Training Station, Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn, NY. They are recent enlistees and have the ratings of apprentice seamen. In front is SPAR Olivia Hooker and behind her is SPAR Aileen Anita Cooks."

13. "Two Negro SPARS pause on the ladder of the dry-land ship `U.S.S. Neversail' during their `boot' training at the U.S. Coast Guard Training Station, Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn, NY. They are recent enlistees and have the ratings of apprentice seamen. In front is SPAR Olivia Hooker and behind her is SPAR Aileen Anita Cooks."

Keywords:

African Americans; Women; Women Soldiers; World War, 1939 1945

View @ National Archives and Records Administration

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"U.S. Army nurses, newly arrived, line the rail of their vessel as it pulls into port of Greenock, Scotland, in European Theater of Operations. They wait to disembark as the gangplank is lowered to the dock."

14. "U.S. Army nurses, newly arrived, line the rail of their vessel as it pulls into port of Greenock, Scotland, in European Theater of Operations. They wait to disembark as the gangplank is lowered to the dock."

Keywords:

African Americans; Women; Women Soldiers; World War, 1939 1945

View @ National Archives and Records Administration

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"...WAAC cooks prepare dinner for the first time in new kitchen at Fort Huachuca, Arizona."

15. "...WAAC cooks prepare dinner for the first time in new kitchen at Fort Huachuca, Arizona."

Keywords:

African Americans; Women; Women Soldiers; World War, 1939 1945

View @ National Archives and Records Administration

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"WAACs at work in Temp. Bldg. `M', 26th Street, Washington, DC, WAAC Headquarters. Left to right: Lts. Harriet West and Irma Cayton,...going over their recruiting schedule report."

16. "WAACs at work in Temp. Bldg. `M', 26th Street, Washington, DC, WAAC Headquarters. Left to right: Lts. Harriet West and Irma Cayton,...going over their recruiting schedule report."

Keywords:

African Americans; Women; Women Soldiers; World War, 1939 1945

View @ National Archives and Records Administration

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"Willa Beatrice Brown, a 31-year-old Negro American, serves her country by training pilots for the U.S. Army Air Forces. She is the first Negro woman to receive a commission as a lieutenant in the U.S. Civil Air Patrol."

17. "Willa Beatrice Brown, a 31-year-old Negro American, serves her country by training pilots for the U.S. Army Air Forces. She is the first Negro woman to receive a commission as a lieutenant in the U.S. Civil Air Patrol."

Keywords:

African Americans; Women; Women Soldiers; World War, 1939 1945

View @ National Archives and Records Administration

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Cooper, Signe Skott. Papers, 1943-1947 (selections)

18. Cooper, Signe Skott. Papers, 1943-1947 (selections)

Cooper, Signe Skott

Keywords:

African Americans; Nursing; War Work; Women; Women Soldiers; World War, 1939 1945

View @ Wisconsin Historical Society

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You might be perfect for a job you never heard of [color advertisement; tear sheet]

19. You might be perfect for a job you never heard of [color advertisement; tear sheet]

Keywords:

Advertising; African American; African Americans; Recruiting And Enlistment; United States; Women; Women Soldiers

View @ Archives Center, National Museum of American History

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Von den Weibern in Monomotapa, auss dem IX. Capitel dess andern Buchs

20. Von den Weibern in Monomotapa, auss dem IX. Capitel dess andern Buchs

Bry, Hans Dietherich and Hans Israel von

Keywords:

Book Illustrations; Engravings; Government; Government Publication; Monomotapa Empire; Pictorial Works; Warriors; Women; Women Soldiers

View @ Library Company of Philadelphia