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Rose Stone, a Toledo, Ohio, resident, was the first Bulgarian woman to join any military branch in 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).

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).

Lieutenant Marion Dubbs, a U.S. Army Nurse, was presented with an Air Medal in Oahu for her work in a medical air evacuation squadron. She was awarded for her efforts in retrieving casualties from the battlefield and safely bringing them to area…

Lieutenant Mary M. Earl, a U.S. Army Nurse, received an Air Medal for her air evacuation efforts into New Guinea, Admiralty Islands, Dutch East Indies, and the Philippines. She contributed a total of 142 hours in combat flying.

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…

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.

Katherine Seares, a recreation worker for the Red Cross Association, recounts the morale of the wounded after spending two years in three combat zones of the European Theater.

Norma Jean Allen left Willys-Overland Motor Co. to become Toledo's first woman to enter the Women's Reserve of the U.S. Marine Corps.

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.