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I interviewed my grandmother Candace Wood on her experiences with women in society

This is an interview with my grandmother about her tour in the Air Force in the 50s-60s

Military life and impacts

Story of CPO Tarnesia Davis USNR, life in the military service.

My grandmother, Joan, talks about her life growing up with military parents. Also her 3 children and the hard times during her divorce and how she is happier with her second husband.

Jacqueline Chang (55) speaks with her nephew Frederick Chung (26) about how their military service has shaped their lives, sharing how meaningful it has been that Jacqueline was an inspiration for Frederick to join.

Allison Leigh Cleveland (61) tells her colleague Angela Meyers (42) about her experiences in the army during the Cold War doing military intelligence and guard duty in Germany. She also describes witnessing the fall of the Berlin Wall on her...

Spouses, Shay Lopez [no age given] and Isaac Lopez (39), reflect on their identity as a military family and their personal experiences serving in the military.

Diane Langham-Butts (75) interviews her daughter, Allison Butts (40), about her experience as a woman in the Army and her military service and accomplishments.

In this interview conducted in November 26, 2017 in Bayonne, New Jersey, I Sarah Zaki (17) interview my brother about his childhood in Egypt, the birthplace for both of us! Wagdy shares his perspective on women in Egypt and the...

May Brill, 1st generation American, fought for the United States in WWII, leaving a legacy of Love and remembrance. At 93 years old, she is New Jersey’s Chairman of Women in the Military, and championing the rights of all women.

Friends Serena Reid (60) and Kimberly Paige (60) discuss their time in the military and what is was like to be women in the service.

Donna Butts (66) interviews her friend Donna Gehlhaart (67) about her experience as a woman in Army, serving during peacetime, and her college experience.

Women in military

We talked about her military life and how she made her transition from civilian to solider

Interview with Joanne Blackwell when she was in the Air Force from 1951 to 1953. Joanne was a teletype operator. She received her training at F. E. Warren, Wyoming. Then was assigned to Maxwell AFB, AL and transferred to Hickam...

Joanna shares her life experiences and tells stories about her time in the U.S. Navy.

This interview goes through the life of my mom as she decided to join the military. There were a lot of hard times, for she was only the fourth class of women to get accepted into West Point, but she...

One Small Step partners Wendy Borges [no age given] and Andrew Perkel (61) reminisce over their military experiences, discuss various political topics, and acknowledge those who have greatly influenced them.

Julia Ehrhardt (53) and One Small Step partner Janis Hernandez [no age given] discuss women's issues, racism, and their personal political values.

Donald Davis (46) talks to Paula Murphy (72) about Paula's life and their time together as teachers in CPS.

Dolores Meurer Reed broke all the “rules” about what a woman could do and be when she joined the Women’s Air Service Pilots (WASPs) in 1943. Just one year before her death, Dolores and her sister WASPs, received the Congressional...

My grandmother described leaving rural New York for her education and short career in the U.S. Secret Service in Beirut, Lebanon, in the early days of the Cold War, while her sister took a very different path (a convent). There...

My mom talks about what she does currently for work as well as what she did when she was younger. She also talks about stories from her work.

Anthony Woodruff (21) interviews his mother's close friend, Natalie Veres (55), about her childhood and her time in the Army.