Oral history interview with Mary Cooper Floyd

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Primarily documents Mary Elizabeth C. Floyd's clerical work for the U.S. Navy WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) while stationed in Washington, D.C., and Long Island, New York, during World War II; and her life after the war. Floyd primarily shares information about the clerical work she performed while in the WAVES, focusing on her dictation skills. Also of note is her description of her cross-country travel with a navy roommate during leave times, including stops in Oklahoma and California. " Floyd also discusses briefly treatment of and attitudes toward women in the military; the patriotic spirit of the nation; political figures; the pleasant experience she had as a member of the WAVES; and her post-war business school training, marriage, and work for GMAC.