Today marks Women Veterans Day, honoring the service and sacrifices of women who have served in the United States armed forces.
Earlier this year, the USS Lexington Museum opened a new exhibit celebrating women in the Navy. The USS Lexington made history in 1980 when it became the first Navy aircraft carrier to have women serving permanently as part of the crew.
“You can get through here chronologically from the Nurse Corp in 1908 when women could only be nurses into eventually World War One when there were some clerical jobs, World War Two the WAVES expanded greatly the roles of women but it was still in the reserves,” Steve Banta said…