Sally Hayes Plaut Papers 1943-1994

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Sally Hayes Plaut Papers 1943-1994

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Women's Army Corps volunteer, World War II; Cryptographer. Papers include correspondence, memorabilia, and a scrapbook (with photographs) documenting Plaut's war work during World War II. NOTE: There is no container list online for this finding aid. You may contact the Sophia Smith Collection if you want one sent to you.

2 boxes; (1.5 linear ft.)

eng,

Sophia Smith Collection

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SNAC Resource ID: 6323031

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United States. Army. Women's Army Corps

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The Women's Army Corps (WAC) was the women's branch of the US Army. It was created as an auxiliary unit, the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps in 1942, and converted to full status as the WAC in 1943. Its first director was Oveta Culp Hobby, the wife of a prominent politician and publisher in Houston, Texas. About 150,000 American women served in the WAAC and WAC during World War II. They were the first women other than nurses to serve with the Army. While conservative opinion in the leadership of...

Plaut, Sally Hayes, 1920-1994

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Sally Hayes was born in Chicago in 1920. After receiving an A.B. from Smith College in 1941, she served with the Women's Army Corps (1943-1945) as a cryptographer for the U.S. Ambassador in London, France, and North Africa. She married Walter Plaut in 1946. After the war, they lived in Rowayton, CT. She was a scout leader, PTA chair, and founder of Rowayton Investment Group for Women. They had four children. Sally Plaut died in 1994. From the guide to the Sally Hayes Plaut Papers MS ...