Papers, 1942-1998.

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Papers, 1942-1998.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/55630008

Includes photographs, correspondence, and newspaper clippings that document her military endeavors with the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) and the United States Air Force during the 1940s.

1 box (0.5 linear ft.), 1 oversize folder.

Denver Public Library, Central Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7708927

Denver Public Library, Central Library

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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...

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