Retired Army Nurse Recalls Korean War Service

Washington
March 30, 2001 — A half-century has passed since retired Army Maj. Julia Baxter worked as an operating room nurse in a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, or MASH, in war-torn South Korea.
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'Rainville: “Too Many Women Let Others Limit Their Dreams”

Washington
March 23, 2001 — Ask Maj Gen. Martha T. Rainville and she’ll confirm she’s the first woman to serve as a state adjutant general in the 360-year history of the National Guard.
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'Growing Old is a Privilege Denied to Many,' World War II Vet Says

Washington
March 12, 2001 — "Don't regret growing old, it's a privilege denied to many," reads a sign on the wall of 87-year-old Bertha "Birdie" Gelfer's small, tastefully decorated room here at the Soldiers' and Airmen's Home.
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Not a Real Man

Washington
March 7, 2001 — The Confederate soldiers appeared to have defeated their Union opponents at the Battle of Shiloh. Confederate Lt. Harry Buford, a handsome, scrappy officer, anticipated a glorious victory for his army. But all that exuberance was to be short-lived.
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Civil War Spies: Good Intell Knows No Gender

Washington
Feb. 27, 2001 — Historians agree that World War II changed life for American women in the 20th century. The Civil War had just as great an impact on the lives of American women in the 19th century.
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Women Journalists Came of Age Covering WWII

Washington
Feb. 13, 2001 — The women who cover today's news 24 hours a day should snap a salute to their predecessors who covered World War II.
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