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2. United States Marine Corps Women's Reserve - Wikipedia

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   A Marine Corps Women's Reserve recruiting poster during World War II. United States Marine Corps Women's Reserve (USMCWR) was the World War II women's branch of the United States Marine Corps Reserve. It was authorized by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on 30 July 1942. Its purpose was to release ...

3. Women in the United States Marine Corps - Wikipedia

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   The Marine Corps created the Marine Corps Women's Reserve in 1943, during America's involvement in World War II. [8] Ruth Cheney Streeter was its first director. [ 9 ] Over 20,000 women Marines served in World War II, in over 225 different specialties, filling 85 percent of the enlisted jobs at Headquarters Marine Corps and comprising one-half ...

4. Women's Armed Services Integration Act - Wikipedia

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   Women's Armed Services Integration Act (Pub. L. 80–625, 62 Stat. 356, enacted June 12, 1948) is a United States law that enabled women to serve as permanent, regular members of the armed forces in the Army, Navy, Marine Core, and the recently formed Air Force. Prior to this act, women, with the exception of nurses, served in the military only ...

5. SPARS - Wikipedia

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   SPARS was the authorized nickname for the United States Coast Guard (USCG) Women's Reserve. The nickname is an acronym fashioned from the USCG's motto, Latin: "Semper Paratus"—"Always Ready" (SPAR). [Note 1] The Women's Reserve was established by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on November

6. WWII Monuments Men weren't all men. The female members ... - AOL

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   The Allied armies’ Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives section included 27 women and about 320 men during and just after WWII. The Army recently revived the concept, with the first new class of ...

7. Read about how an all-Black Women’s Army Corps battalion ...

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   In May 1941, U.S. Rep. Edith Nourse Rogers of Massachusetts introduced a bill that would establish a women’s corps as an auxiliary to the Army. (At the time only women trained as nurses served ...

8. Timeline of women in warfare in the United States from 1900 ...

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   1942: The Marine Corps Women's Reserve (MCWR) was authorized by the U.S Congress in July 1942 to relieve male Marines for combat duty in World War II. [19] 1942: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Public Law 689 creating the Navy's women reserve program on 30 July 1942. [20] 1942: The U.S. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) was ...

9. Don't Sleep on These 17 Versatile, Actually-Cool Zip-Up Hoodies

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   To find the best zip-up hoodies for men, our editors and writers have personally tried 40 options since 2020 and tested each of them for at least two weeks and at least six hours per day, such as ...