[Eunice Roundtree, circa 1944]
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Title |
[Eunice Roundtree, circa 1944] |
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Date |
1944 |
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Date approximate? |
yes |
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Subject headings |
World War, 1939-1945
United States. Navy--Women |
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Era |
World War II era (1940-1946) |
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Service branch |
Navy--WAVES |
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Item description |
Eunice Roundtree, in WAVES raincoat and soft-brimmed hat with white cover, poses on the steps of a structure, circa 1944. |
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Veteran's name |
Simpson, Elizabeth |
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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. |
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Type |
image |
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Original format |
photographs |
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Image type |
Full uniform |
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Original publisher |
[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] |
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Contributing institution |
Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries |
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Source collection |
WV0205 Elizabeth Simpson Collection |
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Collection summary |
Papers, postcards, photographs, and artifacts. |
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Rights statement |
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
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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. |
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Object ID |
WV0205.6.008 |
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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/ |
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OCLC number |
900811841 |
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