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World War II

Images from Schlesinger Library

Winifred Collins and other members of WAVES both on base and at naval events in Honolulu, Hawaii

Members of the WAVES, students at the United States Naval Training School in the Bronx, looking at recruitment posters for aviation mechanics.

Members of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force gathered around a table while a Royal Air Force instructor demonstrates a model balloon. The women are training to become barrage balloon operators.

Three members of the WAAC or WAC standing in front of a military automobile, possibly during World War II. The woman on the right is probably Doris Quinten.

Women participating in a training exercise.

Poster: Do your part, Join the WAAC

WAVES in their dormitory reading and socializing

Captain William Amsden, former First Lady Grace Coolidge, and Bronx Borough President James J. Lyons walking past members of the WAVES outdoors at the Naval Training School in the Bronx, New York City. The women are saluting Captain Amsden, and he is returning the salute.

Women Marines at a table rigging parachutes

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