There are over 295,000 veterans in the Commonwealth, with less than 10% being women. Organizations like Lady Veterans Connect are working to ensure these women veterans don’t go unseen.
“Most of the time when you a veteran’s event the focus seems to be on the men naturally, they are the majority of the veteran population,” said Phyllis Abbott, the director of Lady Veterans Connect.
Abbott wants to change that narrative so women veterans receive proper recognition with some help from veterans…