HIST 150C3 1st Edition Lecture 16The United States and World War 2Women’s Army Corps (WAC) during World War 2-one of the first efforts to get women more involved in the military -worked as nurses -slept in barracks-spent time overseas-did not engage in combat-took part in “safe labor”-operate teletype machines during the war-banned in 1978 and at that time, formally integrated women into militaryColonel Oveta Culp Hobby -WAC director-prominent society woman from Texas-her husband was the governor of Texas at this time-stressed that if more women served doing technical and clerical work, more men could be put to combat-first woman to receive the distinguished service medal Main Goal of WW2-Defeat Germany while containing JapanMulti-Ethnic Civil Rights Activism in the Post-War YearsStephen WiseThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.-lobbies institutions of higher education-worked locally in NY -helped to pass anti-discrimination legislation in 1948-restricted schools from barring admission based on religious affiliation Double V Campaign-promoted by W.E.B. Du Bois and NAACP-argued for victory in Europe against fascism and victory at home against Jim
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