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The Women's Army Corps

By Erin.Houli

  • Idea Proposed

    Idea Proposed
    Edith Nourse Rogers proposed the idea to the U.S. congress, but the idea was not taken seriously
    (picture creds: “Edith Nourse Rogers.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 14 Jan. 2018, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Nourse_Rogers.)

  • Congress Passes Bill

    Congress Passes Bill
    The U.S. Congress passes a bill that allows women to serve in the U.S. military

  • Training Begins

    Training Begins
    440 women began a 6 week long training class at Fort Des Moines

  • First WAC overseas unit sent out

    First WAC overseas unit sent out
    Women were sent overseas to Eisenhowers headquarters in Algiers where they worked as typists, postal-workers and clerks.

  • Hobby Resigns

    Hobby Resigns
    Oveta Culp Hobby, founder and first director of the WAC resigns from her position.

  • End of WAC

    End of WAC
    The Women's Army Corp was disestablished in order to get rid of any separateness of it to the army.