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Military
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Breaking the Silence: Grethe Cammermeyer 
 Best known for her 1992 challenge of the ban on homosexuals serving in the military, Grethe Cammermeyer has been a nurse, a colonel, a candidate for Congress, an author, and a human rights activist. This site presents her biography, introduces her family, and addresses political, military, health, and gay issues. It includes Web links, a message board, and a place for service members to submit their stories. Cammermeyer lives in Washington state. http://www.cammermeyer.com Topics: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, & Transgendered People, Notable People, Notable People: Women, U.S. Military Last updated Sep 14, 2006 Fly Girls
Dedicated to the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPS) of World War II, this site features statistics, records, articles, songs, video, correspondence, a timeline, profiles of related people and events, maps, information on the B-29, and recommended resources. Online companion to the PBS film of the same title, this site also contains a transcript of the program, interviews with people featured in the program, and a teacher's guide. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/flygirls/ Topics: Correspondence, Notable People: Women, U.S. Military, United States History, Women, World War II Last updated Mar 9, 2005 What Did You Do in the War, Grandma?: An Oral History of Rhode Island Women During World War II
The heart of the site is the collection of nearly 30 oral histories. In addition, there is general information on World War II and women's parts in it: a glossary, a timeline, essays, and a bibliography of works cited. Created by students at South Kingstown (Rhode Island) High School; the project was developed by Linda P. Wood, an oral historian and the school's librarian. http://www.stg.brown.edu/projects/WWII_Women/tocCS.html Topics: History, Nonfiction by Genre, Notable People: Women, Women, World War II Last updated Feb 29, 2004 Wings Across America: WASP - WWII
Information about the 1,074 Women Air Force Service Pilots (WASPs) who flew military airplanes during WWII. Find official documents, records, and statistics, images, audio, and video. Includes a special focus on Jacqueline Cochran, Nancy Harkness Love, and General Hap Arnold, plus a bibliography and related links. Sponsored by Baylor University's Wings Across America project. http://www.wingsacrossamerica.us/ Topics: Notable People, Notable People: Women, Transportation, U.S. Military, United States History, World War II Last updated Apr 14, 2007 Women Come to the Front: Journalists, Photographers, and Broadcasters During World War II
This exhibit focuses on eight women who chronicled American life during the war, both at home and overseas: Therese Bonney, Toni Frissell, Marvin Breckinridge Patterson, Clare Boothe Luce, Janet Flanner, Esther Bubley, Dorothea Lange, and May Craig. Features biographical sketches and samples of their work as well as a brief history of women in journalism. Includes a list of women correspondents that worked during World War II. From the Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/wcf/ Topics: Notable People, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Notable People: Women, Photograph Collections: History, Photography, Wars & Conflicts Last updated Jan 11, 2006 Women in Military Service for America Memorial Foundation: Resources
Links to articles on the role of women in the U.S. military beginning with the American Revolution, including essays on Black, Asian-American, Hispanic, and Native American women in the armed forces; a narrative of the struggle for racial equality by Army veterans Sarah Louise Keys and her attorney, Dovey Johnson Roundtree; and an article on military women honored on U.S. postage stamps. From the Women in Military Service for America Memorial Foundation. http://www.womensmemorial.org/Education/edresource.html Topics: Black Resources, Native Americans, Notable People: Women, U.S. Military, United States History, Women Last updated Mar 8, 2005 Women Pilots in World War II
This exhibit provides a general overview of women pilots during World War II, and information specific to Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP), the Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron (WAFS), and the Women's Flying Training Detachment (WFTD). Includes photos, a video, profiles of some of the women, and lists of women in the classes. From the United States Air Force (USAF) Museum. http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=1506 Topics: Notable People: Women, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History, U.S. Military, United States History, Women, World War II Last updated Aug 24, 2006 Women Soldiers of the Civil War
Article discussing and documenting several of the possibly hundreds of women who served as soldiers in both the Union and Confederate armies during the Civil War. From the spring 1993 issue of Prologue, the quarterly journal of the National Archives. http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/1993/spring/women-in-the-civil-war-1.html Topics: History, Notable People: Women, United States History, Wars & Conflicts, Women Last updated Jul 28, 2005 |
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