United States. Marine Corps Women's Reserve

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The United States Marine Corps Women's Reserve was the World War II women's branch of the United States Marine Corps Reserve. It was authorized by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on 30 July 1942. Its purpose was to release officers and men for combat, and to replace them with women in U.S. shore stations for the duration of the war plus six months. Ruth Cheney Streeter was appointed the first director. The Reserve did not accept African American or Japanese American women during World War II, but they did accept Native American women.
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referencedIn Swank family. Swank family World War II collection, 1942-1945. Stephen F. Austin State University, East Texas Research Center
referencedIn Charlotte Plummer Owen Audio Collection. 1944 - 1944. U.S. Marine Corps Women's Reserve Band Sound Recordings National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Towle, Katherine Amelia, 1898-. Administration and leadership. Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Towle, Katherine (Katherine Amelia), 1898-1986. Administration and leadership : oral history transcript, 1969. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
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 Subject Files on Federal Government Organizations, 1993 - 2001 William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum
referencedIn Subject Files, 1921–1947 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Project Files, ca. 1941 - 2006 National Archives at Washington, D.C
referencedIn Brodhagen, Robert E., 1919-1995. Papers and photographs, 1941-1945. Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center
referencedIn Marna Venable Brady Papers, 1908-1984 Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida
referencedIn Howards, Annette M., 1923-. Papers and photographs, 1944-1946. Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center
referencedIn Dibble, Evelyn V. Hansen (Evelyn Virginia Hansen). Correspondence of Evelyn V. Hansen Dibble, 1941-1945. Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
referencedIn Streeter, Ruth Cheney, 1895-. Reminiscences of Colonel Ruth Cheney Streeter, USMCWR (Retired). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Allord, Lorraine M., 1927-. Oral history interview with Lorraine M. Allord [sound recording], 1995. Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center
referencedIn Swanberg, Marian. Oral history interview with Marian Swanberg, 2005. Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center
referencedIn Wilson High School (Saint Paul, Minn.). Papers relating to former students in military service, 1942-1946. Minnesota Historical Society Library
referencedIn Subject Files, 1940–1958 National Archives at College Park
creatorOf Dartmouth College. Class of 1874. Streeter Family Papers, 1890-1962. Dartmouth College Library
referencedIn Records of the Office of the Secretary of the Interior. Photographs Relating to the Secretary's Trips, Speeches, and Other Functions, and Agency Officials, Events, and Managed Sites. 2002-2013. National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Streeter, Ruth Cheney, 1895-. History of the Marine Corps Women's Reserve : a critical analysis of its development and operation, 1943-1945. Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Subject Files on Federal Government Organizations, 1/20/1989 - 1/20/1993 George Bush Library
referencedIn Margaret M. Henderson Papers, S 1261. 1., 1943-1996 and undated Southwest Collection/Special Collections Libary, Texas Tech University
referencedIn General Records, 1942–1946 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Howards, Annette M. Nierenberg, 1923-. Oral history interview with Annette M. Nierenberg Howards [sound recording], 1995. Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center
referencedIn Howards, Annette M., 1923-. Oral history interview with Annette M. Howards [videorecording], 2002. Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center
referencedIn Mueller, Delores,. Oral history interview with Delores (Delemater) Mueller [sound recording], 2007. Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center
referencedIn Hennessy, Helen Mary, 1923-. Papers and photographs, 1944-1946. Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center
referencedIn Brady, Marna V. Marna Venable Brady Papers, 1908-1984. University of Florida
referencedIn Lajcak, Elsie J., 1916-,. Oral history interview with Elsie J. (Kramolis) Lajcak [sound recording], 2000. Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center
referencedIn Rieschl, Marjorie L., 1921-1998. Papers and photographs, 1944-1946. Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center
referencedIn Collins, Marge Poitz. Marge Poitz Collins collection, circa 1943-2002. Library of the Marine Corps
referencedIn Necko, Mary Cugini,. Oral history interview with Mary Cugini Necko, 1999 June 17. University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries, UNCG University Libraries
referencedIn Crossan, Margaret Hicks, 1922-1968. Papers and photographs, 1943-2000, (bulk 1943-1944). Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center
referencedIn Ewald, Maybelle L., 1922-. Oral history interview with Maybelle L. Ewald [sound recording], 2007. Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center
referencedIn Jerrick, Florence. Florence Jerrick correspondence, 1941-1946. Library of the Marine Corps
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referencedIn American Unofficial Collection of World War I Photographs, 1917 - 1918 National Archives at College Park

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associatedWith Collins, Marge Poitz. person
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associatedWith Dibble, Evelyn V. Hansen (Evelyn Virginia Hansen). person
associatedWith Ewald, Maybelle L., 1922- person
associatedWith Henderson, Margaret M. person
associatedWith Hennessy, Helen Mary, 1923- person
associatedWith Howards, Annette M., 1923- person
associatedWith Howards, Annette M. Nierenberg, 1923- person
associatedWith Jerrick, Florence. person
associatedWith Lajcak, Elsie J., 1916-, person
associatedWith Mueller, Delores, person
associatedWith Necko, Mary Cugini, person
associatedWith Rieschl, Marjorie L., 1921-1998. person
associatedWith Streeter, Ruth Cheney, 1895- person
associatedWith Swanberg, Marian person
associatedWith Swank family. person
associatedWith Towle, Katherine (Katherine Amelia), 1898-1986. person
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associatedWith Wilson High School (Saint Paul, Minn.). corporateBody
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Active 1943-02-13

Establishment 1942-07-30

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