Military women in World War II were there to serve. Elna Hilliard joined the WAAC one month after it was established. Her first assignment was to oversee Battery X’s training, and she got to see ...

Women were encouraged to join the war effort in factories, farms and the forces and women at work became one of the enduring images of the war. But women's contribution to the war effort extended ...

Over the past several months, the students conducted in-depth research on the 43 Texas women who served in the unit.

It would take two more decades and another world war before the Navy -- and the rest of the military -- took seriously the contributions of Black women, albeit begrudgingly and slowly. Through ...

From the war zone to life back home: Three generations of Minnesota's military women share their stories of service from World War II to Vietnam to Afghanistan. Produced with MN Dept of Veterans ...

Less known is that Arthur enlisted in the Marine Corps during World War II. On Feb. 18, 1943 — just five days after the Marine Corps began recruiting women — she enlisted in the Marine Corps ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the military to end separate fitness standards for women in combat roles, a move he said will make the military more lethal, but that women servicemembers ...

A U.S. military cadet team competes on the Squad Assault course during the 50th annual Sandhurst Military Skills Competition, a rigorous two-day event where teams of eight men and women from ...

(U.S. Army Center of Military History/Master Sgt. Crista Mary Mack) On Oct. 6, 2021, Operation HerStory and Honor Flight Chicago flew 93 women veterans from World War II, the Korean War and the ...