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Deborah Lee James, the former Air Force secretary under President Obama was one of many speakers at the Sea Service Leadership Association women’s leadership conference in Washington, DC.…

Former Army transportation specialist Sandra Bolzenius talked about her book, Glory in Their Spirit: How Four Black Women Took on the Army During World War II, in which she recalled the…

Anuradha Bhagwati talked about her book, Unbecoming: A Memoir of Disobedience, in which seh detailed her time in the Marine Corps and her efforts to overturn the ban on women in combat. She…

Ryan Dostie talked about her book, A Woman’s Memoir of Stepping Out of Line, in which she detailed her time serving in the military during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Retired Lieutenant Colonel Marilla Cushman led a tour of the Women’s Memorial in Arlington, Virginia, covering women who served in the Korean War through the war on terrorism. This is the…

Retired Lieutenant Colonel Marilla Cushman led a tour of the Women’s Memorial in Arlington, Virginia, covering women who served in the Revolutionary War through World War II. This was the…

“Ladies Wear the Blue” is a U.S. Navy documentary and recruitment film tracing the history of women in the Navy from 1917 to 1974. It features an interview with World War I and World War II…

Ellen Haring talked about a Trump administration challenge to a federal court ruling that an all-male draft registration is unconstitutional.

History Professor Lisa Keller, of Purchase College, part of the State University of New York system, delivered an illustrated talk on women’s roles during World War II. She explained how the influx of…

The Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel held a hearing on sexual assault in the military. Witnesses included two women who were assaulted while serving in the military. Each of…

Veterans Affairs officials testified at a hearing on female veterans' health care issues. The witnesses discussed efforts to enhance services and access for female veterans, military sexual…

U.S. Army veteran Eileen Rivers talked about her book, Beyond the Call: Three Women on the Front Lines in Afghanistan.

Telephone lines and social media were open to take viewer calls and comments to the question, “Should women have to register for military service?” Richmond Times-Dispatch reporter Patrick…

Retired Marine Lieutenant Colonel Kate Germano and Army veteran Kelly Kennedy were interviewed at the National Press Club’s Book Fair about the book they co-authored, Fight Like a Girl: The…

Lieutenant Colonel (Retired) Kate Germano discussed gender bias in the military. She was interviewed by Military Times reporter Todd South.

This War Department film documented how women helped the war effort. In the film, an actor portraying Adolf Hitler after a fictional 1944 surrender realizes that the “Hidden Army” of…

Elizabeth Cobbs talked about the women who served overseas as telephone operators in the U.S. Army Signal Corps during World War I. She also spoke about how their service affected the…

Two U.S. Marine Corps officers and a U.S. Coast Guard captain talked about their personal experiences as women in the armed services in a panel discussion titled, “Leading Military Women:…

Major Mary Jennings Hegar talked about her book Shoot Like a Girl: One Woman’s Dramatic Fight in Afghanistan and on the Home Front, in which she talks about her tours in Afghanistan with…

Don Benton talked about the mission of the Selective Service and the Pentagon’s recommendation to expand registration to include women.