With 1,089 photos and illustrations (many in color), this landmark reference presents an overall view of the role of women in the service of our nation's defense plus an in-depth study of the evolution of their uniforms and insignia. Smith's documentation of volunteer organizations and their response to wartime mobilization will be of great interest to all military historians. Fifty organizations are covered in this first volume, some of which are:
Aerial Nurse Corps of America
American Red Cross
Army Women's Voluntary Serrvices
Army Nurse Corps
Cadet Nurse Corps
Citizen's Defense Corps
Daughters of the American Revolution Hospital Corps
Jewish Welfare Board Women's Unit
Marine Corps Women's Reserve
Motor Corps of America
National League of Women's Service
National Security Women's Corps
Navy Nurse Corps
and more...

Dressed for Duty: America's Women in Uniform, 1898-1973 - Volume 1

Jill Halcomb Smith

R.J. Bender

At 544 pages with over 1,300 photos (most in color), the second volume continues the study of women in our nation's defense, plus their uniforms and insignia, all in magnificent color. Numerous organizations covered include: Office of Civilian Defense, Relief Wings, Inc., the Salvation Army, United Service Organizations (USO), the Hello Girls, United States Coast Guard Women's Reserve (SPARS), United States Food Administration, United States Public Heath Service Reserve Corps, United War Work Campaign, Volunteer Army Canteen Service, Women Veteran's Organizations, Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES), or US Navy Women's Reserve, Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Service (WAFS) and Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) (73 pages), WAF, WOWs, Women War Correspondents, Women War Workers, WomenÂ¹s Ambulance and Defense Corps, WAAC/WAC (108 pages), WomenÂ¹s Land Army, Yeomen (F): United States Naval Reserve (F), YMCA, YWCA, etc.

Dressed for Duty: America's Women in Uniform, 1898-1973 - Volume 2

R. James Bender

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Dressed for Duty: America's Women in Uniform, 1898-1973 - Volume 1

Dressed for Duty: America's Women in Uniform, 1898-1973 - Volume 2