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There have been women in the United States Army since the Revolutionary War, and women continue to serve in it today. As of 2020, there were 74,592 total women on active duty in the US Army, with 16,987 serving as officers and 57,605 enlisted.
During the Revolutionary War, women served the U.S. Army in traditional roles as nurses, seamstresses and cooks for troops in camp. Some courageous women served in combat either alongside their...
How have the experiences, representation, and recognition of women in the military transformed, a century after the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution?
- Revolutionary War
- Civil War
- World War I
- World War II
- Korean War
- Vietnam War
- The 80s, 90s and Today
- Uso Support of Women in The Military
Although women were not always permitted to enlist in the U.S. Armed Forces, many still found ways to serve their nation. During the Revolutionary War, as colonial militias armed themselves and joined George Washington’s Continental Army, many of these soldiers’ wives, sisters, daughters and mothers went with them. These women traveled alongside th...
During the Civil War, nearly 20,000 womenlent their skills and efforts in everything from growing crops to feed Union troops to cooking in Army camps. Other tasks included sewing, laundering uniforms and blankets and organizing donations through door-to-door fundraising campaigns. Notably, it was during the Civil War that women began to serve as nu...
The 20th century changed everything for women in the military. At the onset of the United States’ entry into World War I in April 1917, the U.S. Army Nurse Corps (ANC) – formally established in 1901 – had only officially been in existence for less than 20 years, and only had 403 nurses in its active-duty ranks. By June 1918, just over a year later,...
WWII created an unprecedented need for service members. As more than 16 million Americans stepped up to serve on the front lines – the majority of those being men – the U.S. military was left with many non-combat roles that needed to be filled. So, the women of the United States stepped up too, and for the first time in history, all branches of the...
In 1948, three years after the end of World War II, President Harry S. Truman signed the Women’s Armed Services Integration Act into law, officially allowing women to serve as full, permanent members of all branches of the Armed Forces. However, this was not a guarantee of equal opportunity. The act actually restricted the number of women who could...
Approximately 11,000 women were stationed in Vietnam during the nearly 20-year war, and 90% of them were nurses in the Army, Navy and Air Force. Notably, most volunteered to go. During the Vietnam War, other female service members worked as air traffic controllers, intelligence officers and clerks – both at home and in Vietnam. In 1967, President L...
At the end of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st, there were a lot of “firsts” for women in the military: the first woman to become a Navy fighter pilot; the first female four-star general in the Army; and the first female rescue swimmer in the Coast Guard, among others. There was even the first Silver Star awarded to a female soldier s...
The USO has supported women in the military since our organization was first founded in 1941and women first began serving in the Armed Forces. The first USO centers of World War II initially included separate, private rooms within the centers for female service members only, so that the WACs, WAVES and SPARs (as they were referred to in their respe...
Jun 12, 2023 · Just 75 years ago today, President Harry S. Truman signed into law the Women's Armed Services Integration Act, which allowed, for the first time, women to serve as regular members of the Army,...
The United States Army honors female Soldiers who have proudly served in honor of defending America's freedom.
Mar 3, 2020 · From the Revolutionary War to today, countless women have served and sacrificed for our nation. While thousands of groundbreaking women have come before them, these 15 female service members are blazing new trails and making their mark on modern military history.
