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Photos of Margaret Waite, the lead Gray Lady at Mercy Hospital, served the Red Cross Association until the United States entered peacetime.

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.

A Hawaiian woman pays welcome to three Toledo Red Cross women who recently arrived to provide service. Those women are Suzanne Schroeder, Emily Mocek, Lilian Greenberg.

Three women sit in a Willys-Overland Jeep as it balances on four bottles; a WWII product demonstration.

As the need for more women in the Army hospitals during WWII increased, and as recruitment levels remained low, the Red Cross was eventually invited to extend its service as nurses' aids to the men on the battlefield.

Suzanne E. Schroeder, a recreational staff assistant for the National Red Cross Association in 1945, provided service overseas in the Pacific region. In response to her mother's inquiry about whether or not she enjoys it, she replied, "A thousand…

Shirley Chapman is the only known Toledo woman who entertained with her own USO troupe overseas. She and her husband and manager, Arthur Angel, traveled with the Army to North Africa, Sicily, and Italy to entertain troops.

Margaret Chick was Toledo's first woman to join the Women's Auxiliary Corps (WAC) in 1942, and eventually became the secretary to then Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower (later the 34th President of the United States).

Margaret Chick was Toledo's first woman to join the Women's Auxiliary Corps (WAC) in 1942, and eventually became the secretary to then Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower (later the 34th President of the United States).

In order to get those who hadn't been solicited in the war effort to contribute, the Toledo Red Cross set up stations around the city to suggest donating to the war fund.