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Index Absent without leave (AWOL), 14 2 Accidents, fatal, 139-4 0 Adams, Maj. Charity. See Earley, Charity Adams Adams, E. J., 62 Adams-Ender, Gen. Clara, 201 Advertisements, 7- 8 Advisory Council for the Women's Interest Section (ACWIS), 37-42, 44-45, 47, 51, 52,54, 81 , 238 n. 44 Aframerican Woman*s Journal, 52 African Americans in the military: desegregation , 194—95; negative sentiments toward participation in World War II, 237 n. 29; overrepresentation of, 197 98 ; peak strength during World War II, 237 n. 30 Afro-American Newspaper, 24 5 n. 71 Age of women in the military, 89 Aiken, Pvt. Ana, 77 Air raids, 18 0 Alexander, W. W., 246 n. 81 Allen, Mattie Jackson, 114,134,16 2 Allied Force Headquarters, 42 All-volunteer force, 255 nn. 29, 31 Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, 56 Alpha Suffrage Club in Chicago, 51 American Red Cross, 105,121-22,133 , 182,193 Amsterdam-Star News, 8 , 77, 245 n. 69 Anderson, Gladys Thomas, 13, 106,126 , 155,168,181 Anthony, Susan B., 240 n. 5 Antilynching campaign, 239 n. 1 Anti-Slavery Society, 50 Aptheker, Bettina, 235 n. 11 , 240 n. 5 Army Air Corps, 1 Army General Classification Test (AGCT), 89,90 Army Nurses Corps, 2 Azores Islands, 10 3 Bailey, Buncan, 250 n. 1 0 Bailey, Councillor Joseph, 19 9 Bands. See Negro WAC Band Banister, Margaret S., 39, 52, 240 n. 1 0 Bankston, Mary, 14 0 Barbour, Margaret, 9-10, 13 , 111, 175 78 Barlow, Mary, 14 0 Barr, Tessie O'Bryant, 155 Bartlett, Dorothy Gee, 14-15, 100 , 114, 120,175,177,199 Beaumont, Geraldine, 13 4 Beaumont, Paul, 13 4 Becker, Gary, 250 n. 8 Belcher, Sadie Moore, 94, 120,15 7 Bennett, Elaine Smith, 9, 13 , 135, 136 , 142,159,164,168 Berger, Peter, 190-93, 252 n. 2, 254 n. 1 7 265 266 Index Berger, Suzanne, 254 n. 23 Berry, Mary Frances, 239 n. 1 Bethune, Mary McLeod, 14-16, 47, 5 155 , 57, 61-63 , 71, 76, 80 , 233 n. 15, 240 nn. 9, 10 , 11, 241 n. 12, 243 n. 35, 244 n. 60, 245 n. 68 Biarritz American University, 15 9 Binkin, Martin, 235 Birmingham, England, 109-15,141,199 200 Birmingham Evening Mail, 255 n . 1 Birmingham Sunday Mercury, 24 7 n. 8, 248 n. 1 3 Black Congressional Caucus, 4- 5 Black male soldiers, relationship with women of, 135-3 7 Black migration, 24, 236 n. 1 4 Black nurses, 6 Black press, 7, 32, 50, 71 Black WAAC-WAC Women in the Services Eighth Biennial Reunion, 5, 2Q0 Black women leaders of women's organizations , 240 n. 4 Blair, Emily Newell, 37, 52, 53, 238 n. 44, 240 n. 11 , 241 n. 1 3 Blair, John, 255 n. 29 Blassingame, John W., 239 n. 1 Bogue, Donald, 250 n. 5 Bohy Lafayette, hotel, 11 9 Bombing: in England, 180-81; at Pearl Harbor, 27, 32-3 8 Bonesteel, Maj. Gen. Charles, 248 nn. 4, 6 British reception of African American Wacs, 120-24,18 3 Broom, Leonard, 252 n. 1 4 Brown, Atty. Joe, 69, 244 n. 54 Browne, Delores, 14 0 Browning, Harley, 152, 251 n. 1 4 Bureau of Public Relations, 36 Cairns, Dorion, 252 n. 1 Call and Post, 247 n. 1 4 Camp Atterbury, 9 7 Campbell, D'Ann, 235 n. 9 Campbell, Maj. K. E., 248 n. 2 Campbell, Noel. See Mitchell, Noel Campbell Campbell, Capt. Thomas, 11 8 Camp Bowman, 17 2 Camp Breckenridge, 20-21, 8 2 Camp Crowder, 42 Camp Gruber, 78 Camp Shanks, 10 4 Camp Sibert, 98 Camp Stoneman, 166-6 7 Capreol, Joan, 247 n. 9 Cargill, Thomas F., 250 n. 1 0 Carter, Dorothy Hutchins, 120—121 Carter, Gladys Schuster, 18-19, 21, 34, 95, 96, 100 , 116, 123 , 132, 156, 166 , 233 n. 1 9 Carter, Capt. Mildred, special service officer , 91, 96,112,125-26,140, 24 7 n. 19 Caserne Tallandier, 116, 12 4 Cayton, Horace R., 75, 76, 246 n. 1 Celler, Congressman Emanuel, 78 C-54 cargo plane, 10 2 Chain of command, 13 1 Chemical Warfare Service, 54, 55 Chicago Council against Racial and Religious Discrimination, 7 9 Chicago Defender, 8 , 61, 62,187, 242 n. 29, 245 n. 76, 24 7 n. 13 , 249 n. 24 Chicago Tribune, 249 n. 28 Chicago Women's Federation, 241 n. 1 2 Christian Science Monitor, 10 3 Civilian Advisory Committee, 239 nn. 56— 60 Civil Aeronautics...

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