Progress?

Another article I saw in the paper spoke about the life of a woman of 92 who served her country in WWII. She said that women, at the time, believed they were releasing a man from combat." It is also said that not everyone was in favor of women in uniform. A Sounthern congressman asked, :who will then do the cooking, the washing, the mending, the humble homey tasks to which every woman has devoted herself?" This woman (Young) just wondered if she could do anything to help. In 1942 she enrolled in the second class of officers to be trained for the corps. She said they trained in the ways men were trained and the were issued Khaki underpants and bras! (haha) She considered saluting too masculine. After graduating she was sent to train other female soldiers how to set up cooking and baking schools for the troops. But, in 1943, Congress passed a law officially established the Women's Army Corps as part of the Regular Army. They couldn't command men, but it was the first time that women, other than nurses, were allowed to serve with the regular army.

The progress is inspiring, but irritating at the same time. While we should not have had to overcome these obstacles, at least they were overcome. Although, women are still not placed in direct combat units, or "the front line."