Throughout their history,women occupy impacted the Navy and Marine Corps. At the outset, women served as committed wives managing the household and raising children while their husbands served. As time went on, and the role of women grew. Here’s a look at the progression of official responsibilities women undertake in the United States Navy and Marine Corps. 1908- Congress passed the Naval Appropriations Bill which established the U.
S. Navy Nurse Corps. The first women to become official members of the U.
S. Navy were known as the Sacred Twenty.” These women payed their own travel expense to Washington D.
C. to pass the oral... Read the rest of this entry »
Source: navalhistory.org