Papers, 1902-1993 (inclusive).

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Papers, 1902-1993 (inclusive).

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Collection primarily documents Peirce's war years and includes correspondence, autobiographical notes, clippings, awards, photographs, etc., and clippings about women in the military.

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Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏

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SNAC Resource ID: 6707923

Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏

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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...

Lewis, Deborah, 1960-

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Hess, Feril

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Treadwell, Mattie E.

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Peirce, Ruth Thompson, 1911-1994.

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Peirce, a native of Boston, Mass., was recruited by the FBI in 1941 to work as an undercover agent. She joined the Women's Army Corps in August 1942 and was one of the first women intercept operators for the Boston Intercept Command. She was later stationed as a flight dispatcher in Bangor, Me., and Mitchell Air Force Base, Long Island, N.Y., was discharged from the military in 1945. She worked for a time for Catherine E. Falvey, a lawyer and fellow WAC who was a member of the Massa...

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Falvey, Catherine E.

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Edwards, Julian M. (Julian Marcus)

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