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Online Resource Guide:
African-American ServicewomenA variety of online resources documenting the long and distinguished service of African-American women in the US Armed Forces are available on the Women’s Memorial Foundation Web site.
Timelines and Statistics
Highlights in the History of Military Women is a timeline detailing the distinguished history of America’s military women from the American Revolution to 2002.Breakthroughs for Black Military Women traces the path of African-American servicewomen to full military participation in timeline format.
Statistics on Women in the Military provides numbers of women serving on Active Duty and in the Reserve and Guard as well as historical statistical information including women prisoners of war and women in military conflicts.
Articles
Trowell-Harris Named Leader for 21st Century highlights the life of the Air National Guard’s first black woman general officer. Dr. Irene Trowell-Harris, a retired USAF NC major general and current Director of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Center for Women Veterans, who was named one of the “21 Leaders for the 21st Century” by Women’s eNews.Challenging the System: Two Army Women Fight for Equality discusses the struggle of a Women's Army Corps (WAC) private and her lawyer, a former WAC officer, whose 1952 challenge of a segregation law led the Interstate Commerce Commission to reverse the "separate but equal" policy which had been followed since 1887.
Brief History of Black Women in the Military reveals the largely unrecognized and unrewarded contributions of African-American servicewomen from the early patriots to the women of today's modern military.
Volunteering For Risk: Black Military Women Overseas During the Wars in Korea and Vietnam tells how African-American military women demonstrated their willingness to accept the risks of serving overseas.
Volunteering For Vietnam: African-American Servicewomen explores the history of African-American women who volunteered for military service during the Vietnam War.
Online Exhibit
African-American Servicewomen in the Korean War weaves artifacts, documents, images and research to tell the story of black women serving in Korea.Oral Histories
Staff Sergeant Ernestine (Johnson) Thomas enlisted in the US Air Force in 1949 when the armed services were still struggling with how to carry out these mandates for gender and racial integration. Her oral history highlight is available online and a full transcript is on file at the Women’s Memorial Foundation.RM3 Jessie Ada Richardson served in the Navy Women's Reserve (WAVES) from December 1944-May 1946. View a brief excerpt of her 2005 oral history interview online. Full transcript is on file at Women’s Memorial Foundation.
The Women’s Memorial Foundation Oral History Collection includes interviews with 21 African-American servicewomen. For a list of available transcripts, contact the Oral History staff at oralhistory@womensmemorial.org or 703-533-1155 or 800-222-2294.
Books
Our bibliography contains a list of books compiled from the Library of Congress and the Women In Military Service For America Memorial History and Collections library.