The Hello Girls were female telephone operators during WWI. This is their 60-year battle for federal recognition of their wartime contribution.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Deborah Jean Christian Collins, who served in the Arkansas National Guard from 1975 to 2014.
Jo Ann K. Webb’s service as an Army nurse in Vietnam led to a career centered on Veteran-health policy and politics. In 1989, at age 41 with a slim portfolio, she was named Director of the National Cemetery System (now Administration). Webb became the highest-ranking woman at the Veterans Administration for two years, and one of only two women to head the organization. In an oral history interview made for Women’s History Month, Webb didn’t recall that her lofty position was a big deal at the time--but it was.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Air Force Veteran Wilma L. Vaught, who accomplished many firsts for women during her nearly 29-year military career.
Hello, I’m Robert Wilkie, Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs. I’m honored to help celebrate Women’s History Month, pay tribute to women Veterans, and thank our VA women Veteran employees.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Sherry Wilcox, who served as an engineman and now works as a printing services specialist for VA.
Every VA medical center has a female Women Veterans Program Manager ready to help women Veterans access medical services, including comprehensive primary care, gynecology, maternity and mental health.
The Military Sisterhood Initiative is a free social platform that connects women Veterans to a national peer support community.
VA’s Women’s Health Transition Training program is designed to let servicewomen transitioning out of the military know about the wide range of women’s health care services available to them at VA.
VA encourages women Veterans to talk to their providers about how they can prevent heart disease. VA and the American Heart Association want to help women Veterans reduce their risk of heart disease.
Cervical cancer deaths in the United States have decreased by more than 50% over the decades due to increased screenings. Here’s information for women Veterans on pap smears and when to have one.
The new Women Veterans Clinic at the Shreveport VA will feature a colorful painting of four women Veterans. The work was created by an Army and Air Force Veteran, “proud to salute their service.”