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Auxiliary Rose Stone, First Bulgarian Woman to Enter the United States Military
Rose Stone, a Toledo, Ohio, resident, was the first Bulgarian woman to join any military branch in the United States.
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).
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…
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.
Katherine Seares, Overseas Red Cross Worker
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, 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.
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.
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.
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.
Waite, Margaret
Photos of Margaret Waite, the lead Gray Lady at Mercy Hospital, served the Red Cross Association until the United States entered peacetime.