Writing Women Back into Military History…Beginning With Michigan
Posted in: WMAToday is the last day of National Women’s History Month. Celebrating the 30th Anniversary of the event, along with the many events held nationally, the WMA MI-2 Motor City Chapter co-sponsored a screening of “Lioness: There for the Action. Missing From History“. The documentary follows a group of female Army support soldiers who found themselves
Scout News In San Diego California – She freed a man to fight
Posted in: WMAAt the climax of World War II, most United States citizens were anxious to do their part to help the U.S. and its Allies defeat offending nations, and Alyce Williamson is one of the few women who contributed by donning a Marine Corps uniform. A slogan campaign to recruit females to the military read, free
Letting Women Reach Women in Afghan War | New York Times
Posted in: AfghanistanBy ELISABETH BUMILLER Published: March 6, 2010 Monica Almeida/The New York TimesFemale Marines at Camp Pendleton, Calif., will be sent to Helmand Province next month to try to win over rural Afghan women. CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. — The Marines in a recent “cultural awareness” class scribbled careful notes as the instructor coached them on do’s
Women’s History Month and Women Veteran Contributions
Posted in: History, MilitaryToday is the first day of National Women’s History Month. This marks the 30th Anniversary of celebrating Women’s History Month and this year’s theme is “Writing Women Back into History”. Women are particularly missing from Military history…not that are aren’t accounts, they’re just not widely known. Women comprise ~14% of the armed forces today. Approximately 1.7 million