Changes also came in the carrying of mail during the war, particularly in American cities. Prior to World War I, women had served as mail carriers in some rural communities, but none served in cities.

MRS JOHNSON: With this war on, everyone’s got to do their bit. A bit makes it sound like something small, something easy. With so many men away to fight, us women have got to do way more than a bit.

Honoring women veterans one story at a time. A local Air Force Veteran holds an Annual Tea and Talk during Women’s History ...

Notably, before the 19th Amendment was ratified granting women the right to vote (though Montana enacted a state suffrage law ...

It would take two more decades and another world war before the Navy -- and the rest of the military -- took seriously the contributions of Black women, albeit begrudgingly and slowly. Through ...