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Partial Transcript: Could you tell me something about your life before you joined the military?
Segment Synopsis: Mrs. Woods discusses her early life before she joined the military and her decision to join the Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES).
Keywords: Navy--WAVES; World War II era (1940-1946); World War, 1939-1945
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Partial Transcript: While I was in this outgoing unit, which lasted for two weeks, I was assigned to Shore Patrol.
Segment Synopsis: Mrs. Woods discusses her first assignment after her completion of boot camp.
Keywords: 1940s; General Dwight D. Eisenhower; Navy; Navy--WAVES; PAtriotism; World War II era (1940-1946); World War, 1939-1945
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Partial Transcript: There were several other military bases near, Marines and some [U.S.] Army bases up in Maryland, and sometimes they would invite us.
Segment Synopsis: Mrs. Woods discusses women being bused to Fort Meade to dance with soldiers and her social life during her time in the military.
Keywords: World War II era (1940-1946)
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Partial Transcript: Many of the recruiting posters at that time said that when a woman would join the service that it might free up a man for combat. Did you view your enlistment in this way at all?
Segment Synopsis: Mrs. Woods answers questions about freeing a man to fight, working in communications, equality, discrimination, and the hardest physical and emotional things she had to do while in the service.
Keywords: Navy--WAVES; World War II era (1940-1946); World War, 1939-1945; equality
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Partial Transcript: Well, can you tell me something about your—I think you mentioned it a little bit earlier, but can you tell me some more about your social life and what you ladies did for fun when you weren't busy working?
Segment Synopsis: Mrs. Woods continues her discussion on her social life during her time in the military.
Keywords: World War II era (1940-1946)
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Partial Transcript: Was this the first time you had ever been away from home for any kind of extended period of time?
Segment Synopsis: Mrs. Woods discusses her thoughts on the Roosevelts, her heroes/heroines during the war, and her love of flying.
Keywords: 1940s; Eleanor Roosevelt; Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR); World War II era (1940-1946); World War, 1939-1945
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Partial Transcript: Do you consider yourself and other women who joined the military to have been the forerunners of what we today call the women's movement?
Segment Synopsis: Mrs. Woods discusses how she was a trailblazer during her time, equality, and her view of women in the military.
Keywords: equality; women's movement
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Partial Transcript: And I know you are very active in the local WAVES unit. Is that correct?
Segment Synopsis: Mrs. Woods discusses her job in the local Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES) unit and the memorial created for all military women located in Washington, D.C.
Keywords: Navy--WAVES