Gilson papers, 1912, 1942-1947 (bulk 1942-1945).

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 ...

Mount Holyoke College. Porter Hall.

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Mount Holyoke College.

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The first official publication of Mount Holyoke Female Seminary was a catalogue issued in 1837 containing information about trustees, teachers, terms of admission, the course of study, the schedule for the year, Family Accommodations, and the Moral and Religious Influence at the school. Subsequent catalogues (with periodic updates) trace the growth of the institution and provide detailed information about the academic program and residential life for students at the College. These publications h...

Padin, Mary Ellen, 1925-

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Gilson, Ruth Caddell, b. 1892

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Mank, Edith W., 1892-1945

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Bond, Jean Carey

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Gilson, Barbara, 1925-

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Barbara Gilson was born in Lexington, Massachusetts on February 8, 1925 to Royal Gilson, a bank examiner, and Ruth Caddell Gilson. She attended Lexington High School and entered Mount Holyoke College in 1942. She received her B.A. in 1945 with a major in history. She was one of the members of the Class of 1946 who accelerated her course of study to graduate a year early. She attended Radcliffe Secretarial School in 1953. She worked for the Boston Public Library from 1942-1953, as a secretary at ...