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Military Resources: Women in the Military

African-American Women in Military History
From the Air University Library, a bibliography created and maintained by Diana Simpson.

Band of Angels: Sister Nurses in the Spanish-American War
This article from the Fall 2002 issue of Prologue discusses Catholic nuns that served as nurses in the Spanish American War.

Great Warrior Leaders/Thinkers: Jacqueline Cochran
This bibliography is prepared by Diana Simpson of the Air University Library and contains resources on Women's Air Force Service Pilots (WASP). Jacqueline Cochran became the director of the WASP in July 1943.

"Remember Me": Six Samplers in the National Archives
This article from the Fall 2002 issue of Prologue describes six samplers that appear in the National Archives' Revolutionary War pension records.

Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPS)
More than a thousand women test-piloted aircraft, ferried planes, and logged over 60 million miles in the air during World War II.

Women in Military Service for America Memorial
The first national memorial honoring women how have served in the Armed Forces is located in the Arlington National Cemetary.
Women in the Armed Forces
A bibliography compiled by Diana Simpson at the Air University Library.

Women Who Served
A NARA online exhibit commemorating the women who served in the Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron (WAFS/WASP).

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