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Image Collage: A Brief Early History of Women in the Coast Guard
United States Coast Guard; United States Congress1869-1942
National Women’s History Museum
Alexandria, VA, United States
Lighthouse keeper and rescue boat operator, Ida Lewis, and Lucille and Genevieve Baker, the Coast Guard's Yeomenettes, make up the earlier history of this military branch. Women became official members in a much larger capacity when the 77th United States Congress passed legislation mandating the creation of a Coast Guard Women's Reserve in 1942.
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- Title: Image Collage: A Brief Early History of Women in the Coast Guard
- Creator: United States Coast Guard; United States Congress
- Date Created: 1869-1942
- Type: Document and Photographs
- Rights: The Law Library of Congress and The United States Coast Guard
- Medium: Ink on Paper; Albumen Print; Gelatin Silver Print
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