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In 1943, the WAAC dropped the "auxiliary" part of the acronym to become the Women's Army Corps, which left women with the decision of either becoming civilian or fully entering the military.

The War Department released a pamphlet to WAC Officers in early 1945 -- before the end of the war -- as a guide to being a successful leader.

When an anti-discrimination amendment was proposed for the Constitution on the basis of sex, the debate of women's equality began to stir; the New York Times published a Q&A with two committeewomen asking their views on the debate, as to whether…

Margaret Barnard Pickel wrote this bold expose regarding college women refusing to enter the military; an ongoing concern regarding college women was that they felt they were too intellectual to enter the military without holding a rank.

The New York Times did a spread in 1943 describing the conditions of training for women in the Marine Corps Women's Reserve.

Ruth Sulzberger wrote an article regarding women's colleges during the war; at a time when women's colleges were seen as obsolete, the opportunities rising out of wartime have given women, and college students, new aims.

The New York Times published a spread in 1943 of the women in the varying uniforms that women took on in their roles during WWII.

In response to the media blast of women as wartime heroes in 1942, Newsweek released an article nearly a year later deeming the enthusiasm "premature," claiming that the involvement of women in the war has died down and should be higher.

Even in 1943, the country was already thinking about what would come next for women once wartime became peacetime. Monthly Labor Review released an article discussing the possibilities for women post-war, including how they could implement their new…

The Monthly Labor Review released data about the increasing number of women working in petroleum refineries during WWII, along with thoughts regarding women's jobs, recruitment, training, and placement.