Women in the Army date back as early as 1942. These women from the past have accomplished a lot. They have paved the way for women then, now and in the future to follow. From discrimination to segregation women have continued the fight over the years. On 14 May 1942 Congress established a Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (W AAC). W AAC was converted to the Women's Army Corps (WAC) in 1943. The WAC went from 1945 to 1978. Over 150,000 officers and enlisted women between the ages of twenty-one and forty-five joined the WAAC. During WWII more than 60,000 Army nurses (female) served stateside and overseas. Sixty seven nurses were captured and held as POWs by the Japanese in the Philippines in 1942. During WWII after women demonstrated they could handle their military tasks efficiently, some men in the Army believed the women should go home after the war. The men believed the Army was no place for them....

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