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This World War II-era colored poster was used as a recruitment tool for the WAC (Women's Army Reserve) after its creation in 1943. A pretty, young white woman stands in her army drab against a background of a fluttering American flag, representing…

This poster, created in either 1942 or '43, depicts a young white woman wearing her WAAC uniform, holding what appears to be a whistle. She stands against a background showing a marching formation of American soldiers.

This colored WWII recruitment poster shows a group of smiling, white young women wearing their Navy uniforms serving in the WAVES

This is Evelyn Stover's service photograph from her time as a WAC during WWII.

This is a 1944 photo of artist and WAC Eva Mirabal posing by one of her paintings.

This is a Dec 16, 1944 photograph of PFC Cecelia Mix and John Collier reading from scripts in a radio broadcast of "First Americans" in Washington, D.C., in connection with a war bond drive.

This is a black and white photograph of Minnie Spotted Wolf (Blackfeet). In the photograph, she is dressed in civilian clothes and holding a rifle.

This is a World War II-era recruitment poster for the Army Nurse Corps. It features a white woman in uniform, stating "You are needed now."

This is a clipping from the August 27, 1943 edition of the Ogden Standard-Examiner. Grace Thorpe had just been shipped from Fort Oglethorpe to Ogden, UT.

This is a clipping from the April 10, 1943 Lansing State Journal concerning Grace Thorpe's joining the WAAC in Detroit, Michigan.