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Waite, Margaret
Photos of Margaret Waite, the lead Gray Lady at Mercy Hospital, served the Red Cross Association until the United States entered peacetime.
Toledo Red Cross Aids in Honolulu
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 Ladies in a Jeep, Willys-Overland
Three women sit in a Willys-Overland Jeep as it balances on four bottles; a WWII product demonstration.
Shirley Chapman, Toledo Woman with USO Troupe Overseas
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.
Sergeant Margaret Chick, Secretary to Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
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).
Plant Supervisors, Willys-Overland Motors, Inc., 1948
Because of their efforts after the war, women became a more integral part of the industrial field. By 1948, Willys-Overland had several women in the role of plant supervisor, ensuring the success of production.
Norma Jean Allen, First Toledo Woman to Enter Marines
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.
National Women's Business Week Advertisement, 1943
In 1943, the Business and Professional's Women's Clubs chose "Living on the Home Front" as the theme for National Women's Business Week, claiming that "war and peace must be won on the home front before they can be won in the world at large."
Lois M. Thompson, Air Service Widow
Lois M. Thompson, widow to Lieutenant Jay R. Thompson, who died in a plane crash, entered the Army Ferry Command Service to follow in her husband's footsteps.
Lieutenant Marion Dubbs, Awarded Air Medal
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…