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  2. Women in the United States Navy - Wikipedia

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    Women worked as nurses for the Union Navy during the American Civil War.In 1890, Ann Bradford Stokes, who during the American Civil War had worked as a nurse on the navy hospital ship USS Red Rover, where she assisted Sisters of the Holy Cross, was granted a pension of $12 a month, making her the first American woman to receive a pension for her own service in the military.

  3. United States Navy Nurse Corps - Wikipedia

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    Serving Proudly: A history of Women in the U.S. Navy. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-317-6. Fact filled, extensively researched account of the evolution of the roles of women in the United States Navy, treating the parallel and entertwined paths of the Navy Nurse Corps and the WAVES.

  4. Timeline of women in warfare and the military in the United ...

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    The U.S. Army also authorized women to wear ponytails during physical training. [180] That same year the U.S. Air Force authorized two-strand twists, French twists and Dutch braids, and the U.S. Navy authorized two-strand twists and braids that hang freely – if they hang above the collar and encompass the whole head. [180]

  5. Uniforms of the United States Navy - Wikipedia

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    An officer inspects enlisted sailors in Service Dress Blue (2008) A female U.S. Navy officer in Service Dress Blue uniform (2012) The Service Dress Blue (SDB) uniform consists of a dark navy blue suit coat and trousers (or optional skirt for women) that are nearly black in color, a white shirt, and a black four-in-hand necktie for men or a neck tab for women.

  6. Women in the military - Wikipedia

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    On April 29, 2010, the United States Navy authorized women to serve aboard submarines. [124] Previously, objections such as the need for separate accommodation and facilities (estimates that modifying submarines to accommodate women would cost $300,000 per bunk versus $4,000 per bunk on aircraft carriers) had prevented the change. [ 125 ]

  7. Navy Working Uniform - Wikipedia

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    From 26 February 2003 to 20 September 2003, [12] [13] [9] the U.S. Navy's Vice Chief of Naval Operations, William J. Fallon, directed the U.S. Navy to create a survey group under the name of "Task Force Uniform" to begin conducting a study of the U.S. Navy's then-current uniforms to see if any of them should be replaced by newer, more ...

  8. Women's Armed Services Integration Act - Wikipedia

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    Women also took part in the SPARS, which was created by the Coast Guard, and the Marine Corps Women's Reserve, during the war. [2] In total, 350,000 American women joined and served during World War II. [3] Section 502 of the act limited service of women by excluding them from aircraft and vessels of the Navy that might engage in combat.

  9. Women in combat - Wikipedia

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    A Companion to Women's Military History (2012) 625pp; articles by scholars covering a very wide range of topics; Hagemann, Karen, "Mobilizing Women for War: The History, Historiography, and Memory of German Women’s War Service in the Two World Wars," Journal of Military History 75:3 (2011): 1055–1093; Krylova, Anna.