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Women's Army Corps (WAC) , Waves -"Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service" .
A World War 2 division of the U.S. Navy consisting entirely of women volunteers. WAVE was an acronym for Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service.
African Americans and women
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W.V.R stands for Women Volunteer Reserve. It was founded in 1914 during the first world war to augment Britain's war effort.
WACs (for Women's Army Corps) , WAAF for Women's Auxiliary Air Force , WAVES for Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service .
The SPARS were the U.S. Coast Guard's women's auxiliary. The name came from the short version of Semper Paratus (always prepared). The WAVES were the U.S. Navy's women's branch-- I think it stood for Women Accepting Volunteer Emergency Service. Congresswoman Edith Nourse Rogers (R:MA) was one of the strongest champions of letting women serve in the military during World War 2, and it was largely through her efforts that a bill was passed to create a women's branch of the military. And while the jobs available to women were mostly clerical and support jobs, many women eagerly volunteered to serve their country.
Women and African-Americans
From March of 1941, according to one website.
Women in all the fighting Allied Nations did volunteer work, paid war manufacturing jobs, jobs their husbands did, worked in their husbands businesses and did child care. See the answer below for more detail.
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