Papers, 1940-1985 (inclusive).

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Papers, 1940-1985 (inclusive).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/232008025

Collection includes biographical and family information, correspondence, service records, and speeches.

1 linear ft.

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

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SNAC Resource ID: 7096200

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...

Groover, Mary-Agnes Brown, 1902-

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Groover was born in Washington, D.C., and educated at George Washington University (A.B. 1924, LL.B 1932, S.J.D. 1942). She was a lawyer in the solicitor's office of the Veterans' Administration (1931-1941) before entering the Women's Army Corps, where she was on active duty for four years and promoted to Lt. Colonel. She served as executive officer to Col. Oveta Culp Hobby, Director of the WAC, and as acting director in her absence. Groover retired in 1959. From the description of P...