Title	[Elizabeth Simpson and Eunice, circa 1944]
Date	1944
Date approximate?	yes
Subject headings	World War, 1939-1945 United States. Navy--Women
Era	World War II era (1940-1946)
Service branch	Navy--WAVES
Item description	Elizabeth Simpson (right) and friend Eunice stand outside a church, both in WAVES raincoat, purse, and soft-brimmed hats with white cover, circa 1944.
Veteran's name	Simpson, Elizabeth
Veteran's biography	Elizabeth Simpson (b. 1908) of Monroe, North Carolina, served in the WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) from 1942 to 1946. Prior to World War II she had a career in life insurance, and Simpson returned to that work when she was discharged from the navy . Elizabeth Simpson was born in Monroe, North Carolina, on 26 June 1908, and raised in both North Carolina and Richmond, Virginia. She attended high school in St. Petersburg, Florida . Simpson worked for Union Life Insurance in Richmond for fourteen years before joining the Motor Corps of the American Red Cross on 6 March 1942. She resigned from the Red Cross in early 1943 in order to enlist in the WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service). After five weeks of training at the Iowa State Teacher's College in Cedar Falls, Iowa, Simpson attended a course for storekeepers at Indiana University in Bloomington from April to June 1943. From 1 July 1943 to 1 January 1946, Simpson served as the secretary to the disbursing officer at the U. S. Naval Training Station in San Diego, California. She received her honorable discharge from San Diego as Storekeeper 1st Class . Following World War II, Simpson worked for insurance companies and the veterans administration in Richmond and Charlotte, North Carolina. She moved to Nashville, Arkansas, in 1953 and to St. Petersburg, Florida, in 1979.
Type	image
Original format	photographs
Image type	Full uniform
Original publisher	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified]
Contributing institution	Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries
Source collection	WV0205 Elizabeth Simpson Collection
Collection summary	Papers, postcards, photographs, and artifacts.
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Additional rights information	IN COPYRIGHT. This item is subject to copyright. Contact the rights holder noted above for permission to reuse.
Object ID	WV0205.6.007
Digital publisher	The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries, PO Box 26170, Greensboro NC 27402-6170, 336.334.5304 -- http://library.uncg.edu/
OCLC number	900811887

[Elizabeth Simpson and Eunice, circa 1944]

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