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First Women Nurse
When the war started in April 1861 neither side was prepared for what was ahead of them, and there were no trained nureses. By July 1861 it was decided that Dorthea Dix would be superintendent of Army nureses in order by President Lincoln. -
Women Spys
Women also acted as spys for the men during the civil war. And they even dressed as men so they could help and that actually worked for a little while. -
Women During WWI
The Navy now had started to recruit women to serve for them as Yeoman. But nureses were still needed as normal. -
Women in WWII
Women were in all forces of the Military but didnt have the jobs the men did. They were in WAC waves, and other military forms. -
Women in Vietnam
Over five hundred WACs were stationed in Vietnam
Women Marines were in Vietnam.Over six hundred Women in the Air Force were there.Army, Navy and Air Force Nurses and Medical Specialists numbered over six thousand.Untold numbers of Red Cross, Special Services, Civil Service and countless other women were there. -
Operation Desert Fox
In the Air Force, 1st Lt. Cheryl Lamoureux became the first woman on a combat air mission as member of B-52 crew that fired cruise missiles - that's her job. -
Women in the National Guard
On November 8th, 1967, Public Law 90-130 authorized the enlistment of women in the National Guard. All Army Guard enlisted women and officers, not in the Nurse Corps, were made members of the WAC. By 1978, with women integrated throughout the Army, the WAC was no longer needed. -
Women in the Desert Storm
Women in Desert Storm did everything the male troops did except engage in ground combat - they could essentially get fired upon - they just weren't, by existing regulations, theoretically allowed to shoot back! -
Women Serving in Iraq
More than 26,000 females are currently deployed in Iraq or Afghanistan, and close to 195,000 have served there since the wars began -
Women in the Military Today
Women make up 14 percent of all branches of the U.S. military, or about 400,000 troops, and represent an even higher proportion of the reserve and National Guard. In the Air Force, women are 24 percent of the population.
