What Is the Womens Army Corps?
The Women’s Army Corps was an all-female unit of the United States Army established during World War II. It officially was started in 1943 with the signing of a congressional bill by President Franklin D. Roosevelt allowing women to be enlisted and appointed into noncombat roles in the army. By 1978, the Women’s Army Corps was disestablished because women had made significant inroads into the military and were being assimilated into its regular structure. The Women’s Army Corp originally began as the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) in 1942. Edith Nourse Rogers, a congresswoman from Massachusetts, introduced the bill to establish the WAAC to help fill demand for military resources. As an auxiliary organization, the WAAC had no military status and consequently, the women who belonged to it did not receive benefits comparable to those of regular army members, even though they were performing military duties. To remedy this situation, Rogers introduced the second bill that would create
