Womens Army Corps NCOs featuring CSM Cynthia A. Pritchett

Abstract

In May of 1941 Edith Nourse Rogers, a congresswoman from Massachusetts introduced a bill into the United States Congress designed to create a Womens Corps in the United States Army. This Corps was to be completely separate from the Army Nurse Corps, which was the only way a woman could serve in the Army during that time. A year later on 14 May 1942, the Womens Army Auxiliary Corps was formed with Mrs.Oveta Culp Hobby appointed to be the organizations first director.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 25, 2004
Accession Number
AD1133208

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