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This is a 1943 service photograph of Blackfeet woman Minnie Spotted Wolf, the first Native American woman to enlist in the MCWR.

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 the official WASP photograph of Ola "Millie" "Sexy Rexy" Rexroat, the only Native American woman (Oglala Lakota) to serve as a WASP.

This is a fairly recent photograph of Sicangu Lakota woman Rose Blue Thunder, who served in the Army Nurse Corps.

This is a screenshot from the 2001 video interview with Dorothy Dale.

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.

A scene from the John Ford classic The Searchers. The film is the apex of both the Western genre and Ford's filmography. It shows the complex nature of Victory Culture in post-WWII.

The scene is between a Civil War veteran Ethan Edwards (John…

This is a WWII-era recruitment poster for the Women's Army Corps, declaring, "This is my war too!" as a rallying cry to mobilize and inspire women to join in the war effort. The poster features a white woman in her crisp army uniform standing against…

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

War Manpower Commission poster stating "I'm Proud...my husband wants me to do my part!" with a man and a woman pictured