Women at War

ourpresidents: The American Red Cross was founded on this day —...

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:14:43 -0400

The American Red Cross was founded on this day — May 21, 1881.

On the founding anniversary of the American Red Cross, here’s Kathleen Kennedy in her A.R.C. uniform from World War II. The photo was taken in London, circa 1943.

Kathleen was the second daughter and fourth child of Joseph and Rose Kennedy.

While in college, Kathleen Kennedy began volunteering for the Red Cross in New York in the summer of 1940. After working for the Times-Herald newspaper, she rejoined the war effort by volunteering again for the Red Cross, this time in London. Read More

-From the JFK Library

Our gratitude goes out to all the volunteers and relief workers of the Red Cross in Oklahoma today, and across the world everyday.

fewthistle: Teamster Women Truck Drivers, 1940’s. (During the...

Tue, 14 May 2013 17:55:31 -0400

fewthistle:

Teamster Women Truck Drivers, 1940’s.

(During the war, women took over many traditionally male jobs, including making certain that industry and interstate transport kept running, aiding the war effort,)

(image source: teamsters.com)

vietnamwarera: US Army nurses aboard a helicopter, 1968.

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 14:52:16 -0400

vietnamwarera:

US Army nurses aboard a helicopter, 1968.

demons: Women of the British service who were a part of The...

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:04:30 -0400

demons:

Women of the British service who were a part of The Cairo Amateur Dramatic and Musical Society (which was composed of members all from the Middle East service) photographed outside the Royal Opera House, Cairo 1942

greatestgeneration: Nurses from the Tuskeegee Army Air Field...

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:03:31 -0400

greatestgeneration:

Nurses from the Tuskeegee Army Air Field Hospital. Part of their training included ground school instruction but they never actually flew in the war.

nineteen40s: Eleanor Roosevelt with Female Machinist during...

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:03:08 -0400

nineteen40s:

Eleanor Roosevelt with Female Machinist during Goodwill Tour, 1942.

one-great-war: Women war workers march to Buckingham Palace in...

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:02:54 -0400

one-great-war:

Women war workers march to Buckingham Palace in London. 29th June 1918.

From: WWI: the Home Front

imperija: The most successful female sniper in history,...

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:41:57 -0400

imperija:

The most successful female sniper in history, Lyudmila Pavlichenko. She was credited with 309 kills.

sodiumlitskies: Women’s Regiment from Petrograd relaxing,...

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:23:15 -0400

sodiumlitskies:

Women’s Regiment from Petrograd relaxing, drinking tea and eating, in front of their tents.

gunsandposes: Jewish partisans during World War II. That is...

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 15:32:46 -0400

gunsandposes:

Jewish partisans during World War II. That is photographer Faye Schulman on the bottom right.

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life: Here, color photographs from England in 1942 by the...

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 09:58:17 -0500

life:

Here, color photographs from England in 1942 by the indomitable Margaret Bourke-White, chronicling American B-24 and B-17 crews gearing up for the pivotal war in the skies above Nazi-controlled Europe in the midst of World War II.

(Margaret Bourke-White—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)

greatestgeneration: Nurses from the Tuskeegee Army Air Field...

Sun, 03 Mar 2013 17:19:41 -0500

greatestgeneration:

Nurses from the Tuskeegee Army Air Field Hospital. Part of their training included ground school instruction but they never actually flew in the war.

todaysdocument: The 19th Amendment for Women’s Suffrage on...

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 12:03:48 -0500

Bastille Day spells prison for sixteen suffragettes who picketed the White House... July 14, 1917. ARC 533766

Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, 06/04/1919 http://research.archives.gov/description/596314

todaysdocument:

The 19th Amendment for Women’s Suffrage on Display March 1 - 8:

In honor of the 100th anniversary of the 1913 Woman’s Suffrage Parade in Washington, DC, the 19th Amendment will be on display from March 1 to March 8 at the National Archives Building.

The 19th Amendment guarantees American women the right to vote. Achieving this milestone required a lengthy and difficult struggle; victory took decades of agitation. Beginning in the mid-19th century, woman suffrage supporters lectured, wrote, marched, lobbied, and practiced civil disobedience to achieve what many Americans considered radical change…

Keep reading at: Prologue: Pieces of History » The 19th Amendment on display at the National Archives

Why would they join?

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 13:06:25 -0500

I’m afraid you’ll have to be a bit less vague? Why would who join what?

demons: Workers at the Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland...

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 18:54:01 -0500

demons:

Workers at the Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland testing machine guns, 20mm aircraft caynon, sighting on a Bofors AA gun, and a prototype carbine, 1942

demons: Four workers of the Vega aircraft plant in Burbank, CA...

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 17:02:15 -0500

demons:

Four workers of the Vega aircraft plant in Burbank, CA taking their lunch break out by the bomb shelter, August 1943.

demons: Former waitress Eastine Cowner, now scaler at the...

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 13:08:48 -0500

demons:

Former waitress Eastine Cowner, now scaler at the Kaiser Shipyards, working on the Liberty Ship SS George Washington Carver, 1943

demons: 20-year-old Mary Josephine Farley working on her Wright...

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 13:03:53 -0500

demons:

20-year-old Mary Josephine Farley working on her Wright Whirlwind aircraft motor that she rebuilt, October 1942

The Duchess of Windsor fulfilling her role during WWII as...

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 11:59:46 -0500

The Duchess of Windsor fulfilling her role during WWII as President of the Bahamas branch of the Red Cross (1940)

coolchicksfromhistory: “After almost fourteen months overseas...

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 11:57:56 -0500

coolchicksfromhistory:

“After almost fourteen months overseas in England and France the Wacs pictured above were happy to be home. They arrived from France on Friday, March 8th and landed at Staten Island Terminal of the New York Port of Embarkation. They were among the last contingent of the 6888th Central Postal Directory to return from overseas. 3/13/46.”

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