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The Military Women's Memorial, also known as the Women In Military Service For America Memorial, is a memorial established by the U.S. federal government which honors women who have served in the United States Armed Forces.
The Women in Military Service for America Memorial silver dollar is a commemorative dollar issued by the United States Mint in 1994. [1] It was one of three coins in the 1994 Veterans Program, along with the Vietnam War Memorial and Prisoners of War silver dollar. [2]
Vaught became concerned that the role of women in the military was going unnoticed, and pushed for a memorial as the leader of the Women in Military Service to America Memorial Foundation. This resulted in the Women in Military Service for America Memorial [ 7 ] being built at the entrance to Arlington National Cemetery where there is also a ...
She is a charter member of both the Women in Military Service for America Memorial in Arlington, Virginia, and the Women Marines Association, and is a member of the Marine Corps League and the ...
This regulation remained in place until federal legislation in the 1970s established the inclusion of women with children in the armed forces. [10] [11] In 1998, a ceremony commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Women's Armed Services Act was held at the Women in Military Service for America (WIMSA) Memorial in Arlington National Cemetery.
McWilliams is past President of the Women in Service for America Memorial Foundation. [1] She took her commission in 1974 in the Women's Army Corps and was assigned to the Adjutant General Corps. In over 29 years with the army, she held a variety of Human Relations positions, commanding four companies, a training battalion, and a personnel brigade.
Hardin attended the October 18, 1997 ceremonies dedicating the Women in Military Service for America Memorial. She was a featured speaker to the crowd of around 30,000 people, along with then-Vice President Al Gore. An obituary published in the Los Angeles Times wrote that "Harden easily upstaged" the other speakers. She spoke for ten minutes.
In the 1990s, she was a leading proponent of the Women In Military Service For America Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery, which was dedicated in 1997. She was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in Seneca Falls, New York, in 1996 and was featured by Tom Brokaw in his book The Greatest Generation.