Margaret D. Craighill collection, 1936-1951 (bulk 1943-1946).

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Margaret D. Craighill collection, 1936-1951 (bulk 1943-1946).

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General description of the collection: The collection of Margaret D. Craighill spans the years 1936 to 1951. The collection documents Craighill's military service during World War II (WWII) and her post-war service in the Veterans Administration. The bulk of the collection concentrates on Craighill's service as the Women's Consultant to the Surgeon General of the Army of the United States and with her command of the Women's Health and Welfare Unit. Included in the collection are official papers personnel documents, reports, news clippings, manuals, photographs, speeches, and unit histories. Especially significant are the questionnaires of women Army physicians at the end of World War II, Craighill's handwritten inspection notes, and the final reports of her worldwide inspection tour. Policy topics in the collection include the Army's recruitment of women, training and use of women in medical fields, venereal disease control in the WAC, and the Army's treatment of pregnant personnel and military dependents.

44 boxes.

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United States. Army. Women's Army Corps

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Craighill, Margaret D., (Margaret Dorothea) 1898-1977.

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