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Ancestry.com - U.S., World War II Cadet Nursing Corps Card Files, 1942-1948 $

The United States faced a nursing shortage during World War II, as many were sent overseas to support the U.S. Military. The World War II Cadet Nursing Corps records tell the inspiring story of almost 125,000 women who stepped up for nursing training and service at this pivotal point in American history. Original source: Cadet Nurse Corps Files, compiled 1943–1948, documenting the period 1942–1948. MLR Number UD-WW 10; ARC ID 5605027. 350 boxes. Records of the Public Health Service, 1794–1990, Record Group 90. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.

Canadian War Brides

Canadian War Brides of the First World War

Information about the War Brides who came to Canada after WWI.

Civil War Diaries: Location of Women's Diaries

Civil War Women - Primary Sources on the Internet

Civil War Women: Primary Sources on the Internet

From the Sallie Bingham Center at the Duke University Libraries.

CIVIL-WAR-WOMEN Mailing List

For those who are researching women that served or assisted in the American Civil War.

Nurses in the Boer War, 1899-1902

Details of over 2000 nurses who cared for the sick and wounded during the Boer War. Includes a transcription of the medal rolls as well as census and other information in an easy to search database.

Partners in Winning the War: American Women in World War II

From the National Women's History Museum.

Rosie the Riveter: Women Working During World War II

From the National Park Service.

Sabers and Soapsuds: Dragoon Women on the Frontier, 1833-1861

Six Extraordinary Ladies

The stories 6 ladies during the Civil War.

Society for Women and the Civil War

Dedicated to increasing awareness and understanding of women’s lives and roles in the American Civil War.

The American War Bride Experiences

The Florence Nightingale Nurses

An alphabetical list of nurses sent to military hospitals in the east.

The Women's Army Corps

At Camp Hale, Colorado.

The Women's Army Corps: A Commemoration of World War II Service

Victorian Nurses in the Boer War

War Brides in Canada

Eswyn LYSTER is writing a fully researched book on Canada's war brides of World War II. Requests information from war brides or relatives of same. Intends also to publish a National Register of Canadian War Brides of WWI and WWII. If you are looking for a missing war bride in your family tree place the information in the Lost & Found section.