Creation of the Women's Army Corps
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- After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Congress approved the creation of WAAC on May 14, 1942.
- I , Franklin D. Roosevelt, signed the bill into law on May 15th
- The following day on May 16th, I , Oveta Culp Hobby, was named the first director of the Women's Army Auxillary Corps.
- Hobby immediately began recruitment with over 35,000 applicants, but only 1,000 positions available.
- Upon the arrival of 565 women, there were 40 black candidates that were admitted into the WAAC Officer Candidate School.
- With there being black womenadmitted into the school, there was a large discussion about civil rights. When the school was completed, black and white officers were segregated.
- After training, we were sent to work for an organizational company as clerks, cooks, drivers and medical assistants.
- The establishment of this company created over 400 more jobs for women in the fields they were allowed to work in.
- Even with the fight to make the WAAC a true part of the army, we still were not recognized a such and could not receive equal benefits as our male counterparts.
- If we were to get hurt in anyway on the job, there would be no compensation for it.
- Even if death was to occur, our families would receive nothing.
- Hobby began to see recruitment rates drop because of the how unequal they were compared to male officers in the army.
- In response to this drop in recruitment, the conversion to Army Status began for the WAAC.
- In January of 1943, I , Edith Nourse Rogers, introduced identical bills that would commission women into the Army.
- On July 1st of 1943, I , Franklin D. Roosevelt, signed the legislation to make the WAAC an official part of the Army.
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