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If you have enjoyed this website and are looking for
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more historical background information about 
American servicewomen
more about their uniforms and equipment (including additional rare items not presented on this website)
more detailed photographs (including clothing tags, design details, inside and backside views, cloth samples) 

I have the following book recommendation for you:
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Women for Victory - 1
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American Servicewomen
in World War II
History and Uniforms Series
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Volume One
Army Nurse Corps
Navy Nurse Corps
Army Hospital Dietitians
 Army Physical Therapists

You can order directly at
www.schifferbooks.com
List Price: $89.99
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Women for Victory - 2
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American Servicewomen
in World War II
History and Uniforms Series
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Volume Two
 Women's Army Auxiliary Corps


You can order directly at
www.schifferbooks.com
List Price: $89.99

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The “Women for Victory” series by Katy Endruschat Goebel provides a thorough and authoritative reference for American servicewomen’s history and uniforms of World War II. This complete and unparalleled source is designed for scholars of women’s or military history, veterans, collectors, re-enactors and others interested in the history and dress of these women on active military service for the United States in that conflict.

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Illustrated historical
background information
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 records the two oldest female military components of the armed forces of the United States: the Army Nurse Corps and the Navy Nurse Corps. 

In addition, the book covers two lesser known groups of female service personnel militarized for medical purposes during the war: the Army Hospital Dietitians and Army Physical Therapists.

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Full length studies
of uniforms
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Front and back views
of uniforms
Carefully researched historical background information about the female wartime services is combined with comprehensive documentation of their distinctive uniforms. 

Color photographs of original clothing and accessory artifacts, modeled in full-length studies and supported by many close-up views, show various uniforms and insignia in detail.

Close-up views 
of uniforms
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Footwear and
accessory artifacts
Furthermore, the text and color photographic portions are supplemented by original wartime photographs, many previously unpublished, as well as documents, tables and drawings. 

The first volume of the Women for Victory book series contains over 1200 personal and archival illustrations on 360 pages to supplement the wealth of facts and statistics about the organizations being described.

Cloth sample
picture gallery

 

 
Illustrated historical
background information
.. .. Volume Two

The second volume of the Women for Victory book series records the history and uniforms of the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC).

 

The WAAC was the first American servicewomen‘s organization in World War II to enlist female noncombatant volunteers for service with the United States Army and to employ them in other than medical capacities.

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Full length studies
of uniforms
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Front and back views
of uniforms

 This unique, in-depth study reveals many rarely known facts about this vanguard female wartime organization.

Authentic uniform attire, also worn by the successor organization the Women s Army Corps, is presented in color photographs, never before documented with this depth of completeness and detail.

Close-up views 
of uniforms
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Footwear and
accessory artifacts

Over 1,150 personal and archival illustrations on 336 pages supplement the wealth of textual information.

The appendix includes various statistical data and a cloth sample picture gallery. 

Cloth sample
picture gallery

 


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