Papers, 1935-1993 (inclusive), 1940-1968 (bulk).

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Papers, 1935-1993 (inclusive), 1940-1968 (bulk).

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Collection includes correspondence, scrapbooks, clippings, printed material, radio scripts, photographs, Naval Reserve recruiting brochures, and issues of The Havelock and Scuttlebutt. The collection documents her years as a WAVES officer during World War II, her role in organizing later reunions of the WAVES, and her service in the USNR from 1948 to 1968. Press releases, clippings, and radio scripts highlight her work as a publicity agent for radio personalities and for the New York State Department of Commerce's Radio-TV-Motion Picture Bureau. Personal correspondence and clippings show Barton as an advocate for consumer rights.

2.29 linear ft. (5+1/2 file boxes), 2 folio+ boxes, 1 folio folder, 9 photograph folders, 1 audiotape.

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

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SNAC Resource ID: 6813580

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

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United States. Naval Reserve. Women's Reserve

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The United States entered WWII in 1941 and soon faced a serious shortage of manpower in the military. Congress, along with public interest and advocacy from various national organizations, forced the Department of the Navy (over considerable internal resistance) to start accepting women into their service to augment the many thousands of men already active in the war effort. On June 24, 1942, Congress passed an act to create a women's reserve as a branch of the Naval reserve; to be governed by ...

New York State. Dept. of Commerce

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United States. Navy

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Built and launched at New York Navy Yard; commissioned Nov. 12, 1944; scraped in 1993. Served in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. From the description of USS Bon Homme Richard (CV/CVA-31) photograph collection 1944-1971. (The Mariners' Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 41657866 The federal government decided in 1941 to send Supply Corps personnel to Harvard Business School for training in the business of equipping the Navy. This was effected by a transfer...

Hancock, Joy Bright, 1898-

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Joy Bright Hancock (1898- ), enlisted in the Women's Naval Reserve in 1918 as a Yeoman, rose to the rank of Captain, Director of Women's Reserve by 1946. One of eight women sworn into the regular Navy under the Women's Armed Service Integration Act of 1948, retired in 1953. From the description of Joy Bright Hancock papers, 1918-1972. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38476145 Joy Bright Hancock (1898- ), enlisted in the women's naval reserve in 1918 as a yeoman, rose to the ra...

Barton, Jane

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Jane Barton was born in New York City, on April 3, 1918. She attended Hunter College, worked briefly as a journalist, and started her own publicity business for radio entertainers. In 1942, Barton attended officer training for the WAVES at Mount Holyoke College with the first class of officers to be trained there and to receive boot training. She was stationed in Washington, D.C., where she coordinated housing for WAVES officers and oversaw public relations for the Potomac River Naval Command an...

Collins, Winifred Quick, 1911-1999

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Navy captain Winifred Quick Collins (1911-1999) was born in Great Falls, Mont., the daughter of Daniel A. and Mary Winifred (Farrell) Redden. She attended the University of Southern California (B.S. 1935), the Harvard-Radcliffe Program in Business Administration (1938), and Stanford University (M.A. 1952). She was commissioned as an ensign in the WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) in August 1942, and in 1948 was in the first group of women commissioned in the United States Na...