Military nursing -- United States -- History -- Sources
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Women's Committee to Oppose Conscription Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-068
Abstract
This group was originally named the Committee to Oppose the Conscription of Women [WCOC], and then the National Committee to Oppose the Conscription of Women. It was formed in 1942 to protest the Austin-Wadsworth legislative bills and similar measures, which proposed that American women be drated into a civilian workforce for the duration of World War II. When the immediate threat of drafting women had passed, the group changed its name again, this time to the Women's Committee to Oppose...
Dates:
1942-1948
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
