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Title
[Elizabeth
C
.
Hickcox
and
sailor
,
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
C
.
Hickcox
and an
unidentified
sailor
sit
in a
booth
at a
restaurant
during
off-hours
,
circa
1944
.
Hickcox
wears
a
dark
blue
shirt
and a
WAVES
reserve
(light)
blue
tie
.
Veteran's name
Hickcox, Elizabeth C. Jordan
Veteran's biography
Elizabeth
Hickcox
(b
.
1923?)
of
Glassboro
,
New
Jersey
,
served
in the
U.S
.
Navy
WAVES
(Women
Accepted
for
Volunteer
Emergency
Service)
from
March
1944
to
December
1945
.
Elizabeth
"
Betty
"
Jordan
Hickcox
(b
.
1923?)
was
born
in
Woodstown
,
New
Jersey
, and
grew
up
in
Glassboro
,
New
Jersey
.
After
graduating
from
high
school
in
1941
, she
worked
at a
sewing
factory
, a
bottle
cap
factory
, and a
department
store
before
taking
a
job
on the
docks
with
Standard
Oil
of
New
York.
"
Hickcox
joined
the
WAVES
in
March
1944
. She
completed
basic
training
and then
cooks
and
bakers
school
at
Hunter
College
in
New
York
.
After
graduating
cooks
and
bakers
school
on
29
September
1944
, she was
sent
to the
Anacostia
Naval
Station
in
Washington
,
D.C
. She
started
as a
scullery
maid
, but
later
became
a
cook
. She was
discharged
from the
WAVES
on
20
December
1945
,
shortly
after
her
marriage
to
Ray
Hickcox
.
The
Hickcoxs
settled
in
Schenectady
,
New
York
,
after
Ray
Hickcox
left
the
army
in
June
1946
.
Betty
Hickcox
taught
sewing
for
several
years
and
worked
briefly
for a
caterer
. She
left
New
York
in
1990
,
eventually
settling
in
Charlotte
,
N.C
.
Type
image
Original format
photographs
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
WV0067 Elizabeth C. Hickcox Papers
Rights statement
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COPYRIGHT
. This
item
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subject
to
copyright
.
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to
reuse
.
Object ID
WV0067.6.002
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
900810707
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