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Woman doctor urges women be allowed to serve in U.S. Army on equal basis as men. Washington, D.C., Dec. 13. If Congress acts favorably on resolution recently adopted by the American Medical Women's Association, women may yet serve in the United States Army with rank, uniform and pay commensurate to that of men. One of the few women practitioners engaged by the Army as contract surgeon during the World War, Dr. Kate B. Karpeles, above, National President of the A. M.W.A., says the single standard is desired only in time of war or other great national emergency. Its primary purpose being to release male physicians for duty in the field. Dr. Karpeles emphasizes that equal treatment should be given not only surgeons of both sexes, but also technicians, laboratory workers and other classes of medical fighters, 12/13/38
Women's Policy Committee of the War Manpower Commission. First meeting of the Women's Policy Committee of the War Manpower Commission held on October 1, 1942. The committee is to aid in mobilizing women workers for the war effort. Standing, left to right: Dr. Lillian M. Gilbreth, Mrs. Beatrice Gould, Mrs. Dorothy Bellanca, Miss Bess Bloodworth, Mrs. Harris T. Baldwin, Miss Sara Southall, Miss Thelma McKelvey. Seat, left to right: Miss Margaret A. Hickey, chairman; Mrs. Lowell Hobart, Mrs. Gladys Talbott Edwards, Miss Ruth Allen, Mrs. Maudelle Bousfield, Mrs. Sadie Orr Dunbar, Miss Jenny Matyas, Mrs. Blanche M. Ralston
War Manpower Commission Women's Advisory Committee. Seven of the twelve members of the Women's Advisory Committee, WMC, are shown at a meeting in Washington, D.C., March 18, 1943. Reading from left to right, they are: Mrs. Beatrice Gould, editor, Ladies' Home Journal; Mrs. Harris T. Baldwin, vice-president, National League of Women Voters; Miss Bess Bloodworth, vice-president in charge of personnel, the Namm Store, Brooklyn, New York; Miss Margaret A. Hickey, lawyer and business executive of Saint Louis, Missouri, chairman; Mrs. Maudelle Bousfield, principal, Wendell Phillips High School, Chicago, Illinois; Mrs. Blanche M. Ralston, former Works Progress Administration (WPA) regional director, Coahoma, Mississippi; and Miss Jennie Matyas, International Ladies' Garment Union, San Francisco, California
A black and white photo of a group of men in uniform - FSA / Office of War Information Photograph
Women Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Service. Pretty as her picture is this young woman in the trim uniform that enlisted U.S. Navy WAVES will wear this winter. The smartly styled, comfortable uniforms are in the traditional "Navy blue" with a soft rolled brim hat. Women between the ages twenty and thirty-six with a high school education or its business school equivalent are eligible, providing they meet physical and aptitude requirements. After training, they will receive rating and pay commensurate with their experience and ability. The pay, incidentally, will be exactly the same as that for men in the same rating, plus allowances. The Navy particularly desires women trained as general clerks, secretaries, stenographers, duplicating machine operators, typists, file clerks, bookkeepers, warehouse clerks, stock clerks, radio operators, teletype operators, simplex and multiplex operators. Some, too, will be trained as aviation machinists mates, gunner's mates and for torpedo maintenance
Women Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Service. Pretty as her picture is this young woman in the trim uniform that enlisted U.S. Navy WAVES will wear this winter. The smartly styled, comfortable uniforms are in the traditional "Navy blue" with a soft rolled brim hat. Women between the ages twenty and thirty-six with a high school education or its business school equivalent are eligible, providing they meet physical and aptitude requirements. After training, they will receive rating and pay commensurate with their experience and ability. The pay, incidentally, will be exactly the same as that for men in the same rating, plus allowances. The Navy particularly desires women trained as general clerks, secretaries, stenographers, duplicating machine operators, typists, file clerks, bookkeepers, warehouse clerks, stock clerks, radio operators, teletype operators, simplex and multiplex operators. Some, too, will be trained as aviation machinists mates, gunner's mates and for torpedo maintenance
Women's Army Auxiliary Corps officers review girl cadets. In competitive drill contest among the girl cadets at Dunbar High School, Washington, D.C., Company C, under command of Captain Crystal Malone, was adjudged the best of three companies by a distinguished group of judges which included Lieutenant James Chambers of Fort Huachuca, Arizona. First Officer Harriet West, Second Officer Mildred Osby and Second Officer Ina Mae McFadden of the WAACs; Miss Julia Brooks, assistant principal of Dunbar High School; Captain Cornelius King, Cadet Corps instructor, and Lieutenant H.O. Atwwod, chief of Military Science and Tactics Department of the Colored High Schools in Washington, D.C.
Veterans Administration appears before house veterans committee. Washington, D.C., Feb. 21. U.S. Veterans Administrator Frank T. Hines today urged the House World War Veterans Committee to refer all bills for veterans hospitals to the Federal Board of Hospitalization so that a scientific plan can be adopted for providing care. He said that board is now studying the entire country in an attempt to equalize veterans hospital facilities and provide the correct proportion of beds for veterans in each area. Hines said present plans call for 82,026 beds by the end of June, 1940.
Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. WAACS on parade ground going through the company drill. The U.S. Army men who trained these WAACS say they are better marchers than men and take a lot of pride in the way the girls have caught on, Des Moines, Iowa, 1942
Woman doctor urges women be allowed to serve in U.S. Army on equal basis as men. Washington, D.C., Dec. 13. If Congress acts favorably on resolution recently adopted by the American Medical Women's Association, women may yet serve in the United States Army with rank, uniform and pay commensurate to that of men. One of the few women practitioners engaged by the Army as contract surgeon during the World War, Dr. Kate B. Karpeles, above, National President of the A. M.W.A., says the single standard is desired only in time of war or other great national emergency. Its primary purpose being to release male physicians for duty in the field. Dr. Karpeles emphasizes that equal treatment should be given not only surgeons of both sexes, but also technicians, laboratory workers and other classes of medical fighters, 121338
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A black and white photo of a woman with a stethoscope, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection
Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection.
Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955.
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The Harris & Ewing, Inc. Collection of photographic negatives includes glass and film negatives taken by Harris & Ewing, Inc., which provide excellent coverage of Washington people, events, and architecture, during the period 1905-1945. Harris & Ewing, Inc., gave its collection of negatives to the Library in 1955. The Library retained about 50,000 news photographs and 20,000 studio portraits of notable people. Approximately 28,000 negatives have been processed and are available online. (About 42,000 negatives still need to be indexed.)
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