Lenah Higbee
Lenah Higbee was a New Yorker who founded the US Navy Nurse Corps in 1908 with 19 other nurses. She was also the first women to receive the Navy Cross, which is the highest honor in the Navy. These 20 women were the first women to serve in the US Navy and they became known as the Twenty. She and the other nurses travelled to many theaters of the war like Guam and the Philippines. Later the Navy named a warship, the USS Higbee, after her in 1945, which was the fires at warship to be named after a female navy member.
Julia C. Stimson
Julia C. Stimson was an army nurse during WWI who became superintendent of the entire American Army Nurse Corps in Europe. She was the fist women to ever become a Major in the US Army. She was awarded many other medals like the Distinguished Service Medal, the Royal Red Cross, and the World War I Victory Medal. Once WWII began she came out of retirement to recruit nurses and she was awarded the World War II Victory Medal and was promoted to Colonel in 1948.
Jobs for the Women
Jobs the Women had included mechanics, engineers, tank drivers, building ships, working in the factories, air raid wardens, driving fire engines, plumbers, ambulance drivers, and of course nurses.
WAVES - Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Services
Founded by Mildred McAfee - President of Wellesley College
The women who participated received the same compensation as men for the same positions. However, there were less positions available to women than men.
Approximately 86,000 women served as WAVES, comprising about 2% of the navy.
Some women who participated in WAVES were naval air navigators, aviation machinists mates and technicians, some were trained on anti-aircraft guns, and others operated Bombes which were electromechanical machines that were used to decipher German codes.
WAAC - Women Auxiliary Army Corps
Was very similar to WAVES, but worked overseas and attained full military statues like WAVES did in 1943, but it became known as the Women's Army Corps (WAC).
The Land Army
This was set up in June 1939 and it had women look after animals, ploughing then fields, harvest crops. The women earned 1.85 euro a week for a minimum of 50 hours and their wages increases to 2.85 euro in 1944.
Lenah Higbee was a New Yorker who founded the US Navy Nurse Corps in 1908 with 19 other nurses. She was also the first women to receive the Navy Cross, which is the highest honor in the Navy. These 20 women were the first women to serve in the US Navy and they became known as the Twenty. She and the other nurses travelled to many theaters of the war like Guam and the Philippines. Later the Navy named a warship, the USS Higbee, after her in 1945, which was the fires at warship to be named after a female navy member.
Julia C. Stimson
Julia C. Stimson was an army nurse during WWI who became superintendent of the entire American Army Nurse Corps in Europe. She was the fist women to ever become a Major in the US Army. She was awarded many other medals like the Distinguished Service Medal, the Royal Red Cross, and the World War I Victory Medal. Once WWII began she came out of retirement to recruit nurses and she was awarded the World War II Victory Medal and was promoted to Colonel in 1948.
Jobs for the Women
Jobs the Women had included mechanics, engineers, tank drivers, building ships, working in the factories, air raid wardens, driving fire engines, plumbers, ambulance drivers, and of course nurses.
WAVES - Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Services
Founded by Mildred McAfee - President of Wellesley College
The women who participated received the same compensation as men for the same positions. However, there were less positions available to women than men.
Approximately 86,000 women served as WAVES, comprising about 2% of the navy.
Some women who participated in WAVES were naval air navigators, aviation machinists mates and technicians, some were trained on anti-aircraft guns, and others operated Bombes which were electromechanical machines that were used to decipher German codes.
WAAC - Women Auxiliary Army Corps
Was very similar to WAVES, but worked overseas and attained full military statues like WAVES did in 1943, but it became known as the Women's Army Corps (WAC).
The Land Army
This was set up in June 1939 and it had women look after animals, ploughing then fields, harvest crops. The women earned 1.85 euro a week for a minimum of 50 hours and their wages increases to 2.85 euro in 1944.