Women Veterans General Printed Materials and Video Recordings Collection
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"Calling WAAC..."
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Recruiting poster for the WAAC (Women's Army Auxiliary Corps), 1943. Illustration by Albro F. Downe and Michael Ramus depicts a WAAC radio operator at typewriter receiving a message from an American soldier who is hiding in the grass. The text of the radiogram reads "To all qualified women- everywhere, all states, USA- Meet total war with your total effort...Join the WAAC." 25 inches x 38 inches.
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73 questions and answers about the WAC
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Black-and-white illustrated recruiting brochure answers seventy-three questions about the Women's Army Corps. Topics include jobs, training, living arrangements, uniforms, pay, and regulations.
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A book of facts about the WAC
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Black-and-white illustrated recruiting brochure encourages women to join the Women's Army Corps (WAC). Topics include jobs with the Army Air Forces, Army Ground Forces, Army Service Forces, and army hospitals; the variety of jobs open to WACs; serving overseas; living conditions; uniforms; basic training; and comments about the WAC by army generals and WACs.
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A career as a WAC
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Brown and white illustrated recruiting booklet for the Women's Army Corps, published in 1951. Describes the history and organization of the WAC, basic training, pay, and qualifications for recruits, in addition to a detailed listing of career fields available to enlisted and officer personnel. 33 pages.
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A chance to be the nurse you really want to be...
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Color, 18-page, recruitment brochure for the U.S. Navy Nurse Corps. Topics include duties and specialties, training and education, advancement, stations, off-duty life, salary, and job programs. Color photos featured throughout were taken at National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, and Naval Schools Command, Newport, Rhode Island.
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A great field for a woman
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15-page color recruiting brochure for the Air National Guard, printed in 1975. Primarily focuses on the ability to learn career skills by joining the ANG, and includes a list of career options and annual salaries by rank. 16 pages.
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A new career...U.S. Army Nurse Corps
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Color, 22-page recruitment brochure for the U.S. Army Nurse Corps, published in 1963. Testimonials from army nurses are featured. Topics include training, career opportunities, education, social life, and eligibility. A fold-out shows color photos of ANC uniforms.
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A new horizon for women
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Thirty page tri-color recruitment booklet for the U.S. Army and the U.S. Air Force, published in 1948. The booklet is illustrated throughout with black and white photos of WACs and WAFs. Topics include: the importance of a peacetime army, the role of women in the military, available jobs, women's uniforms, daily and social life, types of duty stations, pay, qualifications, and how to sign up. The final four pages include statements from Omar N. Bradley, Hoyt S. Vandenberg, Mary A. Hallaren, and Geraldine P. May.
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A parent's guide to the Women's Army Corps
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Color recruitment brochure providing parents with information about their daughter's enlistment in the Women's Army Corps (WAC), published in 1972. Topics include living quarters, job opportunities, social life, religious services, and qualifications. Color photos of WAC life are included throughout.
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Accent on you
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Yellow-and-black illustrated recruiting brochure for the Army Nurse Corps describes the army's philosophy of nursing care; benefits; career options; orientation programs; clinical specialties; medical courses; civilian university programs, including the Army Student Nurse Program; and assignment locations.
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Adventure in living
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Fold-out pamphlet advertises life as a Woman Marine. Highlights opportunities for travel; adventure; educational opportunities; chic Woman Marine uniforms; and being part of Marine Corps traditions. Briefly describes requirements.
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After years of fitting in maybe it's time to stand out
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Side one of a two sided 1994 recruiting poster for women for the United States Marine Corps includes a photograph of three women Marines in dress uniforms with the caption,"After years of fitting in maybe it's time to stand out."
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After years of fitting in maybe it's time to stand out
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Side two of a two sided 1994 recruiting poster for women for the United States Marine Corps with the caption,"After years of fitting in maybe it's time to stand out." Marines wear battle dress uniforms [BDUs] in woodland camouflage.
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All hands
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The July 1972 issue of All Hands, the U.S. Navy's magazine. This issue focuses on women's service in the navy. Topics include Admiral Alene Duerk; women's navy careers; the 30th anniversary of women in the navy; women's service in WWI; Captain Robin Quigley; and women in navy medicine.
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American Junior Red Cross services
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Recruitment poster for the American Junior Red Cross, advertising some of the places recruits could go if they joined, including New York, Massachusetts, Okinawa, Guam, Yugoslavia, and the Philippines. There are pictures depicting American Junior Red Cross members working with army veterans and children from other countries. Text reads:"Go here to the hospitals, Go there to the armed forces, Go everywhere to children in foreign lands. Junior Red Cross Is International"
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