CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 IN THE NAVY CHAPTER 2 WAR BREAKS OUT CHAPTER 3 WOMEN IN THE ARMED FORCES CHAPTER 4 CIVILIAN WOMEN 36 CHAPTERSWOMEN SERVING IN THE WAR ZONE CHAPTER6 WOMEN AT HOME 64 CHAPTER 7 FOREIGN HEROINES 76 CHAPTER 8THE GREAT WAR S IMPACT ON WOMEN TIMELINE ESSENTIAL FACTs 100 GLOSSARY 102 ADDITIONAL RESOURCES 104 SOURCE NOTES 106 INDEX 110 ABOUT THE AUTHOR
D AJ III For the first time women were allowed to join the US Navy during World
TO GAAPLES IN THE NAVY The United States was on the verge of entering World War I and the US Navy was in trouble An urgent shortage of staff meant every shore station needed clerical workers people to help run the offices such as stenographers and draftsmen As more men were called up to military positions at sea clerical positions sat vacant and work incomplete In the spring of 1917 US Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels mused to his advisers Is there any regulation yeoman must be a man 1 There was no rule specifically restricting women from enlisting in the navy as yeomen or officers who serve as clerks Enroll women in the naval service as yeomen and we will have the best clerical assistance the country can provide Daniels
