Dovey Johnson Roundtree papers, 1938-1977.

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Dovey Johnson Roundtree papers, 1938-1977.

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Correspondence and scrapbooks relating to Roundtree's World War II experiences at Fort Des Moines, Iowa, and as a recruiter for the Women's Army Corps; together with material relating to her career as a lawyer.

0.5 linear ft.

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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...

Roundtree, Dovey Johnson, 1914-

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African American lawyer and churchwoman, of Washington, D.C. From the description of Dovey Johnson Roundtree papers, 1938-1977. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70938831 ...