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- Title
West Virginia Women in World War II: The Role of Gender, Class, and Race in Shaping Wartime Volunteer Efforts.
- Authors
Edwards, Pamela
- Abstract
The article discusses the paid and unpaid volunteer work of women in West Virginia during World War II. Topics discussed include volunteer recruitment efforts through organizations such as women's clubs, professional associations, and home economics extension services, drawing on War History Commission Papers in the state as well as oral histories and personal manuscripts. Occupations discussed include nursing, military service through the WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service), WACs (Women's Army Corps), and WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilots) programs, and others. Topics related to gender, class, and race are also discussed.
- Subjects
WEST Virginia; UNITED States; WORLD War II; WAR work; CIVILIAN relief in World War II; WOMEN Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.); MILITARY nursing; WEST Virginia state history to 1950; WOMEN in war; VOLUNTEER service
- Publication
West Virginia History, 2008, Vol 2, Issue 1, p27
- ISSN
0043-325X
- Publication type
Article