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American Revolution (1775-1783)
They would cook, sew, and be nurses during the American Revolution War. -
Cival War (1861-1865)
Women provide casualty care and nursing to Union and Confederate troops at field hospitals and on the Union Hospital Ship Red Rover. -
War World 1 (1918)
Women would help the people who served in the war by cooking for them, and also nurse them. -
War World 2 (1939)
During WW2 they would nurse people back to health. They would also cook for the sodiers. They would help anyone that is in need of their help. They also worked in factories. -
Korean War (1950-1953)
Servicewomen who had joined the Reserves following World War 2 are involuntarily recalled to active duty during the war. More than 500 Army nurses serve in the combat zone and many more are assigned to large hospitals in Japan during the war. One Army nurse dies in a plane crash on route to Korea on July 27, 1950, shortly after hostilities begin. -
Vietnam War (1959)
Women served as nurses and civilian support services. -
Vietnam War (1965-1975)
Some 7,000 American military women serve in Southeast Asia, the majority of them nurses. An Army nurse is the only US military woman to die from enemy fire in Vietnam. An Air Force flight nurse dies when the C-5A Galaxy transport evacuating Vietnamese orphans she was aboard crashes on takeoff. Six other American military women die in the line of duty. -
1982
The Air Force selects the first woman aviator for Test Pilot School.The Marine Corps prohibits women from serving as embassy guards. -
1984
For the first time in history, the Naval Academy's top graduate is a woman. A Coast Guard officer is the first woman to serve as a Presidential Military Aide. -
War in the Persian Gulf (1990-1991)
Some 40,000 American military women are deployed during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. Two Army women are taken prisoner by the Iraqis.
