Women Veterans Interviews
Dorothy B. Ahern
U.S. Army 1939–1945
Discusses Mrs. Ahern's service with the Army Nurse Corp. with the 248th General Hospital in the Philippines during World War II.... more >>
Mary Ellen Crawford Ames
Red Cross 1941–1945
After graduating from Wellesley College in 1940, Mary Ellen Crawford Ames, like many of her classmates, wanted to follow their college president... more >>
Lillian M. Boyd
Like many women of her generation, Lillian Boyd worked in a factory during World War II. Raised in Waltham, Massachusetts, she could walk to the... more >>
Augie Chase
U.S. Navy 1943–1945
Augie Chase worked in a nylon factory making parachutes during the early years of World War II but after seeing the billboards that said Uncle S... more >>
Mildred F. Fader
U.S. Navy 1939–1945
Interview discussing Mrs. Fader's World War II service as a Navy nurse in Guan and Saipan at Field Hospital 115. Mrs. Fader was awarded the Meri... more >>
Ruth Harriot Jacobs
Fresh out of high school, Ruth Jacobs heard that the Boston Herald Traveler was hiring "copy girls" since so many men had gone off to war. She q... more >>
Grace E. Kimball
U.S. Navy 1939–1945
Interview discussing Ms. Kimball's service in the U.S. Navy's WAVES (Women Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Service) program during World War II... more >>
Karen Lynch
U.S. Navy 1991
Discusses Ms. Lynch's Navy service in Hawaii, Washington, and Saudi Arabia. During the Liberation of Kuwait phase of the Persian Gulf War, Ms. L... more >>
Carolyn L. McEachern
U.S. Navy 1939–1945
Interview discussing Ms. McEachern's service in the U.S. Navy's WAVES (Women Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Service) program during World War ... more >>
Faith W. Peak
When Faith Peak was a high school student, she listened to Lowell Thomas on the radio talking about the war and Germany's invasion of Poland. As... more >>
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