Despite early challenges to women’s place in the Navy, the WAVES’s establishment as a part of the Navy itself, not a corps or auxiliary like the WAACs, was “precedent-breaking.”

Julia Child is known more for her recipe for bœuf bourguignon than her time in the Office of Strategic Services. 

One of America’s only women war correspondents reports on the liberation of the concentration camps, Soviet and American troops meeting at Torgau, and Hitler’s burning villa in Berchtesgaden

One of America’s only female war correspondents reported on the aftermath of D-Day, the Battle of Saint-Malo, and the liberation of Paris.

One of America’s only female war correspondents captured the war through women’s service.

The symposium, which took place from February 29 to March 1, 2024, featured topics expanding upon the Museum’s special exhibit, Our War Too: Women in Service.

Wartime film star Patsy Kelly's most defiant act was being an openly gay woman in an inhospitable climate for the LGBTQIA+ community. 

Nurses like US Army Nurse Opal James made vital contributions to the American struggle for victory in World War II.

World War II saw more women serving than any conflict in history. Many Americans know about their own women’s organizations, such as the Women’s Army Corps. Across the pond in England, many women served in the WRNS, or the Women’s Royal Navy Service.

Long Overdue: The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion Recognized with the Congressional Gold Medal

Every year, March is designated as Women’s History Month—a month dedicated to honoring women’s contributions in US history.

At Delta Shipbuilding Company, welder Mildred Aupied was part of an army of American civilians working to build the “Arsenal of Democracy.”