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Language: English
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Subject: Military participation--Female
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Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project
137
Material Type
Sound recordings
137
Interviews
121
Speeches (compositions)
16
Subject
300th General Hospital (United States. Army)
1
Abbott, Hildegarde, 1896-1985
1
Accounting
1
Accountius, Patricia Lee, 1930-2006
1
Adjustment (Psychology)
11
Aeronautics
1
African American women--Employment
1
Air forces--Procurement
1
Alabama--Montgomery
1
Allied Occupation of Japan (Japan : 1945-1952)
2
Alps
1
American National Red Cross
28
Anderson, Linden N. (Linden Norine), 1908-2008
1
Armed Forces
3
Armed Forces--Barracks and quarters
15
Armed Forces--Civilian employees
1
Armed Forces--Commissariat
1
Armed Forces--Drill and tactics
1
Armed Forces--Foreign service
19
Armed Forces--Management
1
Armed Forces--Medical personnel
1
Armed Forces--Military life
105
Armed Forces--Nurses
5
Armed Forces--Promotions
1
Armed Forces--Transportation
1
Armed Forces--Uniforms
6
Armed Forces--Women
1
Armistice Day
5
Ascension
1
Asia
2
Asia--Burma Road
2
Atrocities
1
Atteberry, Anna Spillman, 1920-2011
1
Australia
2
Aviation nursing
5
Bachmeyer, Janet A.
1
Baker, Martha Marshall, 1927-
1
Barbier, Evelyn, 1908-1987
1
Barker, Ruth Fournier, 1917-2006
1
Barracks
1
Basic training (Military education)
2
Battle casualties
4
Battle of Anzio (Anzio, Italy : 1944)
1
Battle of the Ardennes (1944-1945)
6
Bauer, Anne Noreen, 1915-2003
1
Beaches
1
Belgium
1
Berri, Patricia Young
2
Blandford, Mildred
1
Bliss, Margaret Kaminski
1
Blockade of Berlin (Berlin, Germany : 1948-1949)
2
Boecker, Josephine
2
Bombardment
1
Bombardment of Hiroshima-shi (Japan : 1945)
3
Bombardment of Tokyo (Tokyo, Japan : 1942)
1
Brown, Elizabeth King
1
Brown, Virginia Louise, 1921-2011
1
Burma
1
Burma--Myitkyinā
1
Burns and scalds--Treatment
1
Busch, Ruby
1
Butt, Johanna Baskin Balla
1
Cafeterias
1
California--Fort Ord
1
Campbell, Jean T.
1
Canal Zone
1
Canfield, Margaret Easterly, 1930-
1
Captivity
1
Carey, Eleanor M. (Eleanor Margaret), 1928-2013
2
Childhood and youth of a person
1
China
1
Chinese Civil War (China : 1945-1949)
1
Christmas
1
Civilian war relief
4
Civilians in war
1
Clark, Mary Duncan, 1919-2002
1
Climatology
4
Cobb, Doris McGraw, 1922-
1
College teaching
1
Colorado
1
Cooking for military personnel
1
Corbin, Anna Catherine, 1912-1970
1
Couzynse, Bernice R., 1919-1997
1
Crane, Lucile Pauline Matignon, 1892-1988
1
Crosbie, Rosalie, 1916-2006
1
Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
1
Cully, Irene, 1913-1997
1
Davis, Estelle M.
1
Defense information, Classified
2
Delivery (Obstetrics)
1
Denny, Helene Finston
1
Destruction and pillage
4
Dietitians
1
Discrimination in the military
5
Dogs
1
E.W. Sparrow Hospital (Lansing, Mich.)
1
Earley, Charity Adams, 1918-2002
1
Edlin, Penny, 1922-2007
1
Ellinwood, Clare Rounsevell, 1896-1989
1
Employees
1
Emrich, Virginia, 1913-2008
2
England
12
England--Barford (Warwickshire)
1
England--Oxford
1
England--Petworth
1
Europe
17
Evacuation of civilians
1
Families
6
Fitzsimons Army Medical Center
1
Flitsch, Erma, 1927-2008
1
Florida--Eglin Air Force Base
1
Food service
1
Food supply
2
Ford, Mary J., 1912-2013
1
Forster, Helene Gram, 1913-
1
Fort Custer Veterans Hospital
1
France
22
France--Château-Thierry
1
France--Marseille
1
France--Normandy
7
France--Paris
6
France--Riviera
1
France--Vannes
1
France--Verdun
1
Fravenholtz, Barbara
1
Fritz, Mildred C. (Mildred Caroline), 1924-2010
1
Gansel, Winifred, 1907-2003
1
Gates, Mary Templeton, 1914-2005
1
Gay, Gertrude Neff
1
Geis, Rita, 1916-2002
1
Georgia--Fort Gordon
1
Germany
5
Germany (West)
1
Germany--Bavaria
1
Germany--Berlin
2
Germany--Koblenz
1
Germany--Nuremberg
1
Goodrich, Margaret (Librarian)
1
Great Britain
2
Greece
1
Gruetzman, Mary
1
Guam
2
Guerrilla warfare
1
Hall, Mary Tener Davidson
1
Hamilton, Hazel M.
1
Harassment in the military
1
Harrison, Dorothy M. (Dorothy McDonald), 1914-2004
1
Hathaway, Edythe Jean, 1923-2012
1
Haughton, Dorothy
1
Health
4
Hitchcock, Lena
1
Hobby, Oveta Culp, 1905-1995
1
Hornickel, Margaret J.
1
Hospital care
2
Hospital patients--Care
1
Hospital patients--Recreation
1
Hospitals
24
Hospitals--Employees
1
Hospitals--Rehabilitation services
1
Housing
1
Humanitarian assistance, American
1
Illegitimate children
1
Immerman, Virginia, 1919-2013
1
India
4
India--Assam
1
India--Kolkata
2
Indiana--Fort Benjamin Harrison
1
Influenza Epidemic (1918-1919)
2
Intercountry adoption
1
Internment camps
1
Iowa--Clinton
1
Iowa--Des Moines
1
Iran
1
Iraq
1
Ireland
1
Italy
5
Italy--Naples
3
Italy--Vesuvius
1
Japan
15
Japan--Hiroshima-shi
3
Japan--Iwo Jima (Volcano Islands)
1
Japan--Okinawa Island
4
Japan--Okinawa-ken
1
Japan--Tokyo
1
Jayne, Harriet, 1917-1999
1
Johns, Lois A.
1
Johnson, Clara Christine
1
Johnson, Ellen Marie, 1893-1987
1
Johnson, Lois Kuen
1
Kennard, Helen V., 1913-2000
1
Kennedy, Marion Kern, 1919-2010
1
Kenny, Florence Failing, 1891-1983
1
Kerr, Katie, 1916-2003
1
Kivela, Lillian, 1920-2013
1
Korea (South)
6
Korea (South)--Pusan
1
Korean War (1950-1953)
18
Landau, Sara, 1890-1986
1
Laughlin, Mary Patricia, 1925-2008
1
Learning and scholarship
9
Lechtweis, Peggy
1
Leiby, Betty, 1921-2008
1
Libraries
1
Library science
1
Lynn, Gertrude A.
1
Malloy, Lillian, 1914-1997
1
Man-woman relationships
1
Marriage
9
Marriman, Marion E.
1
Marshall, Jeannette, 1915-2007
1
McCain, John, 1936-2018
1
McChesney, Florence Bernstein
1
McDonald, Dorothy
1
McKillip, Merriann E. McBride
1
McNeil, Esther Jane, 1919-
1
Measles
1
Medals
1
Medical care
37
Mehlick, Cecelia G. (Cecelia Gwendolyn), 1903-1984
1
Michigan--East Lansing
1
Michigan--Fort Custer
1
Microbiology
1
Microbiology--Study and teaching
1
Middle East--Palestine
1
Military bases
1
Military campaigns
6
Military education
15
Military hospitals--Cardiovascular services
1
Military nursing
48
Military pensions
1
Military post libraries
1
Military service, Voluntary
1
Military supplies
1
Military uniforms
1
Minnesota
1
Mobile hospitals
1
Moline, Anna Lisa
1
Monaco
1
Myers, Agnes Elaine Osborn
1
Myers, Mary, 1917-2010
1
Mặt trận dân tộc giải phóng miền nam Việt Nam
1
National Council of the Young Men's Christian Associations of the United States of America
1
Near East Foundation
1
Nebraska--Omaha
1
New Guinea
5
New Jersey--Atlantic City
1
New Jersey--Jersey City
1
Nordly, Alice
1
North Africa
3
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
1
Northern Mariana Islands--Saipan
1
Northern Territory--Darwin
1
Noutary, Marguerite, 1917-2011
1
Nuremberg Trial of Major German War Criminals (Nuremberg, Germany : 1945-1946)
1
Nuremberg War Crime Trials (Nuremberg, Germany : 1946-1949)
1
Nurse and patient
1
Nurses
59
Nurses--Training of
1
Nursing
19
Nursing--Study and teaching
2
Nursing--Study and teaching (Higher)
1
O'Hearn, Victoria, 1891-1988
1
O'Neal, Kathleen Ann Rheinlander
1
Oaks, Margaret E. (Margaret Elizabeth), 1921-2015
1
Occupational therapists
2
Occupational therapy--Vocational guidance
1
Olsmith, Lola
1
Onyett, Helen P. (Helen Pon), 1918-2005
1
Operation Desert Shield (1990-1991)
1
Operation Overlord
1
Oral history
3
Pacific Area
7
Pacific Ocean
1
Pacific Ocean--Milne Bay
1
Pakistan
1
Pakistan--Karachi
1
Panama
1
Papenhausen, Matilda, 1894-1985
1
Patients--Psychology
1
Percival, Hazel
1
Pershing, John J. (John Joseph), 1860-1948
1
Persian Gulf War (1991)
3
Petrie, Irene, 1918-2001
1
Pfeiffer, Alice, 1917-2006
1
Philippines
5
Philippines--Leyte
1
Philippines--Manila
4
Phillips, Elizabeth Margaret, 1884-
1
Phillips, Margaret Patricia
1
Physical therapists
4
Physical therapy
1
Piatt, Jane, 1909-1997
1
Political and social views
2
Post-traumatic stress disorder
1
Powell, Devere
1
Power, Tyrone, 1914-1958
1
Pratt-LeMahieu, Barbara, 1930-2007
1
Price, Mary Eleanor, 1912-2003
1
Prisoners of war
3
Prisoners of war--Medical care
3
Promotions
1
Psychology
1
Pullig, Mary Ruth, 1919-2007
1
Queensland--Brisbane
1
Ramsey, Lilah Cameron, 1915-1991
1
Rape in the military
1
Recreation centers
1
Recruiting and enlistment
7
Relations with soldiers
1
Retirement
1
Reynolds, Helen McPherson, 1917-2008
1
Rice, Edna Penny
1
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
1
Rowntree, Ruth
1
Sacher, Tuck
1
Santo Tomas Internment Camp (Manila, Philippines)
1
Schiffman, Jean, 1924-2014
1
Schroeder, Dorothy
1
Schwarz, Helen B. (Helen Brennan)
1
Scotland
1
Scott, Edna, 1898-1990
1
Secretaries
1
Secretaries--Training of
1
Sex discrimination against women
1
Sex discrimination in employment
1
Sexual harassment
1
Sexual harassment of women
1
Sharp, Alta May Andrews
1
Silvestre, Patricia A. (Patricia Ann), 1936-2006
1
Slone-Baker, Therese, 1917-2013
1
Smith, Elsie, 1925-2016
1
Smith, Laura, 1893-
1
Smolinski, Theodora C.
1
Social adjustment
1
Social conditions
1
Soldiers' libraries
1
Soldiers--Recreation
8
Soldiers--Services for
3
Soldiers--Wounds and injuries
6
Soviet Union
1
Spackman, Neola Ann, 1918-1992
1
Steffer, Sophie, 1910-1997
1
Steinhilber, Marion Anna, 1922-2011
1
Stornant, Rose, 1915-2002
1
Stutzenberger, Mildred, 1918-1978
1
Surgery
1
Telephone operators
1
Tet Offensive (1968)
4
Texas
1
Texas--Fort Sam Houston
2
Thompson, Betty, 1919-2004
2
Thompson, Erna, 1914-
1
Toilets
1
Tourism
1
Training
1
Translating and interpreting
2
Travel
14
Turkey
1
Typhoons
2
Ullom, Madeline M., 1911-2001
1
Uniforms
1
United States
18
United States. Air Force
14
United States. Army
96
United States. Army Air Forces
1
United States. Army Air Forces. Air Transport Command
1
United States. Army Library Service
1
United States. Army Medical Department (1968- )
1
United States. Army Medical Specialist Corps
1
United States. Army Nurse Corps
67
United States. Army Reserve
1
United States. Army Reserve. General Hospital, 94th
1
United States. Army and Air Force Exchange Service
1
United States. Army. Air Corps
6
United States. Army. Base Hospital No. 20
1
United States. Army. Evacuation Hospital, 59th
1
United States. Army. Evacuation Hospital, 95th
1
United States. Army. Field Hospital, 64th
1
United States. Army. General Hospital, 114th
1
United States. Army. General Hospital, 191st
1
United States. Army. General Hospital, 194th
1
United States. Army. General Hospital, 20th
1
United States. Army. General Hospital, 232nd
1
United States. Army. General Hospital, 30th
1
United States. Army. General Hospital, 47th
1
United States. Army. General Hospital, 65th
1
United States. Army. General Hospital, 80th
1
United States. Army. General Hospital, 82nd
1
United States. Army. Medical Corps
1
United States. Army. Medical Department
1
United States. Army. Quartermaster Company, 53rd
1
United States. Army. Reserve Officers' Training Corps
1
United States. Army. Signal Corps
1
United States. Army. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps
2
United States. Army. Women's Army Corps
7
United States. Department of State
1
United States. Navy
2
University of Michigan
1
V-E Day (1945)
7
V-J Day (1945)
2
Van Kirk, Betty
1
Varner, Marjorie
1
Veterans
95
Veterans--Medical care
1
Veterans--Societies, etc.
1
Vietnam
9
Vietnam War (1961-1975)
22
Vietnam--Biên Hòa
1
Voelker, Genevieve Manning
1
Vogel, Betty, 1921-2005
1
Volunteers
1
Walker, Winifred Anne Jacobs, 1921-2007
1
Walter Reed Army Hospital (Washington, D.C.)
1
War
1
War work
1
War work--Red Cross
15
War--Moral and ethical aspects
1
Waters, Laura Lutes, 1891-1983
1
Welch, Gladys, 1908-1986
1
Weller, Marian E. (Marian Elizabeth), 1946-
1
Wellinger, Kay
1
Wellman, Crescentia
1
White, Constance Sheltman, 1891 or 1892-1987
1
William Beaumont Army Medical Center (El Paso, Tex.)
1
Wilson, Katherine, 1908-2012
1
Wise, Harriet
1
Women in combat
1
Women veterans
97
Women's Overseas Service League
4
Women's Overseas Service League. Louisville Unit
3
World War (1914-1918)
21
World War (1939-1945)
92
Wyoming--Cheyenne
1
Wysor, Ruth
1
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Interview of Rosalie Crosbie on her service with the American Red Cross in post-war Europe
Crosbie, Rosalie, 1916-2006
Sound (1984)
Part of
Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project
Interview of retired U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Alice Pfeiffer on her career as an Air Force nurse and administrator
Pfeiffer, Alice, 1917-2006
Sound (2004)
Part of
Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project
Interview of Linden N. Anderson on her long career in the American Red Cross including service in WWII and the Korean and Vietnam wars
Anderson, Linden N. (Linden Norine), 1908-2008
Sound (2004)
Part of
Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project
In a written memoir read by Marjorie Brown, Ruby Busch recalls her service in the American Red Cross during WWII
Busch, Ruby
Sound (1986)
Part of
Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project
Dorothy M. Harrison talks about the life of Sara Landau including her unpaid volunteer service in the American Red Cross during WWI
Harrison, Dorothy M. (Dorothy McDonald), 1914-2004
Sound (1983)
Part of
Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project
Interview of retired Lieutenant Colonel Jean Schiffman on her career in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps
Schiffman, Jean, 1924-2014
Sound (2004)
Part of
Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project
Interview of Virginia Louise Brown on her service in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps during WWII
Brown, Virginia Louise, 1921-2011
Sound (2004)
Part of
Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project
Interview of Irene Cully on her twenty-two year career in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps
Cully, Irene, 1913-1997
Sound (1986)
Part of
Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project
Marjorie Varner talks about her service in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps during the Korean War and the Vietnam War
Varner, Marjorie
Sound (1983)
Part of
Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project
Interview of Lucile Pauline Matignon Crane on her service as a surgical nurse in the U.S. Navy during WWI
Crane, Lucile Pauline Matignon, 1892-1988
Sound (1984)
Part of
Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project
Interview of Betty Leiby on her experiences during and after World War II while serving in the Red Cross and working as a civilian recruiter for the U.S. Army
Leiby, Betty, 1921-2008
Sound (1985)
Part of
Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project
Interview of Sophie Steffer on her twenty year career in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps, focusing primarily on her service in WWII
Steffer, Sophie, 1910-1997
Sound (1986)
Part of
Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project
Interview of retired U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Therese M. Slone-Baker on her military career
Slone-Baker, Therese, 1917-2013
Sound (2004)
Part of
Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project
Interview of Johanna Baskin Balla Butt on her service in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps during WWII and the Korean War
Butt, Johanna Baskin Balla
Sound (2004)
Part of
Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project
Interview of Rita Geis on her career in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps during Vietnam War
Geis, Rita, 1916-2002
Sound (1983)
Part of
Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project
Interview of Eleanor Carey on her service as a career U.S. Air Force nurse
Carey, Eleanor M. (Eleanor Margaret), 1928-2013
Sound (2003)
Part of
Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project
Interview of Elizabeth King Brown on her service in U.S. Army and Navy hospitals as a Red Cross personnel during and after WWII
Brown, Elizabeth King
Sound (1986)
Part of
Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project
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