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Women in war

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 61 Collections and/or Records:

Doris Wofford Armenaki Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0079
Abstract

Doris Wofford Armenaki of Cornelia, Ga., served in the Cadet Nurse Corps and the Army Nurse Corps during World War II.

Included are artifacts, an oral history interview, and a photograph documenting Armenaki's service and nursing experiences.

Dates: 1944 - 1945
Found in: Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives / Doris Wofford Armenaki Collection

Elizabeth "Betty" Bachman Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0315
Abstract

Elizabeth "Betty" Bachman of Wapakoneta, Ohio, served in the Women's Army Corps (WAC) during World War II.

The collection contains approximately 30 letters written to Miss Cecil De Long describing her life at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.

Dates: 1943
Found in: Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives / Elizabeth "Betty" Bachman Collection

Susie Winston Bain Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0185
Abstract Susie Winston Bain of Markham, Texas, was a WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilots) during World War II.Correspondence, artifacts, textiles, printed material, clippings, and an oral history interview document Susie Winston Bain's 1943-1944 service as a WASP. Letters from Bain to her family describe daily life on base in Laredo, Texas, in 1944. Military and personal papers document Bain's activities as a pilot during WWII and in post-war Greensboro, North Carolina. Photographs...
Dates: 1943 - 2000; 1944
Found in: Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives / Susie Winston Bain Collection

Judith C. Bennett Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0290
Abstract

Lieutenant Judith C. Bennett served in the Women's Army Corps (WAC) in New Guinea from 1944 to 1945.

The bulk of this collection consists of letters dated 1944-1945 from Lt. Judith C. Bennett to her family in Corsicana, Texas, while she was stationed in New Guinea with the Women's Army Corps.

Dates: 1944 - 1945
Found in: Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives / Judith C. Bennett Collection

Elizabeth "Betsy" Blee Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0538
Abstract

Elizabeth "Betsy" Summer Blee (b. 1951) served in Ground Supply and as a Mess Officer in the Marine Corps from 1975-1981, and in the Marine Corps Reserves from 1981-1997. Included are her papers, artifacts and pictures from her time in the military, largely focusing on the 1970s.

Dates: 1960 - 1993; Majority of material found within 1975 - 1993; Other: Date acquired: 2012 September 21
Found in: Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives / Elizabeth "Betsy" Blee Collection

Deborah Elizabeth Branson Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0617
Abstract Deborah Branson (b. 1951) of Norman, Oklahoma served as a helicopter pilot in the United States Navy from 1976-1999 and worked as a congressional liaison at the Pentagon during the investigation into Tailhook sexual assault scandal in 1991.The Deborah Elizabeth Branson Papers date from 1970-2016, with the bulk from 1990-1993. The majority of items in the collection are related to issues about concerning the 1991 Tailhook sexual assault scandal, sexual harassment in the military,...
Dates: 1970 - 2016; Other: Majority of material found within 1990-1993; Other: Date acquired: 07/15/2016
Found in: Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives / Deborah Elizabeth Branson Collection

Jean M. Bright Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0295
Abstract

Jean M. Bright served with the American Red Cross in the South Pacific from 1944 to 1946.

YePapers, photographs, an oral history interview, and artifacts and textiles document Jean M. Bright's Red Cross service in New Guinea, Japan, and the Philippines during World War II.

Dates: 1944-1946, 2004-2005
Found in: Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives / Jean M. Bright Collection

Jane Gail Brister Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0115
Abstract

Jane G. Brister (1921-2011), of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served in the Women's Army Corps (WAC) from May 1943 to December 1946 and from December 1948 to June 1965.

The Brister Papers (bulk 1945-1965) contain printed material, photographs, artifacts, scrapbooks, and an oral history interview which document her twenty-year career in the army.

Dates: 1943-1988, 1999; Majority of material found within 1943 - 1988
Found in: Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives / Jane Gail Brister Collection

Nicolle M. Brossard Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0535
Abstract Nicolle M. Brossard (b. 1983), of Portland, Oregon, has served in the U.S. Army and Army Reserves since 2001. She was a mental health specialist, drug and alcohol counselor, and a master resiliency trainer. She was at Fort Hood, Texas during the shooting incident on 5 November, 2009 and helped with the casualties. From late 2009 through 2010 she was deployed to Afghanistan.The collection includes articles of military clothing, medical kit, military papers and handbooks, personal...
Dates: 2000-2014; Other: Majority of material found in 2009-2010; Other: Date acquired: 05/31/2012
Found in: Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives / Nicolle M. Brossard Collection

Grace I. Brown Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0299
Abstract

Grace I. Brown served in the Army Nurse Corps in England during World War I.

Three letters from 1918 to 1919 describe some of Brown's experiences during the war. Subjects include the conditions and entertainment on her ship across the Atlantic; living conditions in camp; and food supplies and rations in England.

Dates: 1918 - 1919
Found in: Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives / Grace I. Brown Collection

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