WMA Women of the Corps Collection

03/29/2026

The National President and History Chair showcased a few uniforms from the WOCC yesterday at the National Marine Corps Museum’s Heroes Among Us event.

03/27/2026

Please visit tomorrow! WMA will have some uniforms on display and the museum has a great program planned!

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Heroes Among Us Resource Day

Join us at the National Museum of the Marine Corps for Heroes Among Us Resource Day, a special event dedicated to supporting active duty service members, veterans, and their families.

- Community organizations will be on site sharing resources on employment opportunities, mental health support, family services, veteran benefits, and law enforcement recruitment. An Inova Bloodmobile will also be on site for those interested in donating blood.

Visitors will have the opportunity to meet horses from local organizations, offering a unique chance to learn about equine assisted therapy and the role these programs play in supporting mental health and wellness.

At 11:00 AM, hear from Sergeant Major Justin D. LeHew, USMC (Ret.), Navy Cross recipient and History Flight leader, during a special presentation in Scuttlebutt Theater.

📅 Saturday, March 28
⏰ 9:00am–2:00pm
📍 Leatherneck Gallery & Museum Education Spaces
🎟 Free and open to the public

Come connect with organizations dedicated to supporting those who serve.

03/11/2026

WMA will have a few items from our Women of the Corps Collection on the table! Please stop by!

Heroes Among Us Resource Day

Join us at the National Museum of the Marine Corps for Heroes Among Us Resource Day, a special event dedicated to supporting active duty service members, veterans, and their families.

- Community organizations will be on site sharing resources on employment opportunities, mental health support, family services, veteran benefits, and law enforcement recruitment. An Inova Bloodmobile will also be on site for those interested in donating blood.

Visitors will have the opportunity to meet horses from local organizations, offering a unique chance to learn about equine assisted therapy and the role these programs play in supporting mental health and wellness.

At 11:00 AM, hear from Sergeant Major Justin D. LeHew, USMC (Ret.), Navy Cross recipient and History Flight leader, during a special presentation in Scuttlebutt Theater.

📅 Saturday, March 28
⏰ 9:00am–2:00pm
📍 Leatherneck Gallery & Museum Education Spaces
🎟 Free and open to the public

Come connect with organizations dedicated to supporting those who serve.

02/28/2026

FROM THE WOCC ARCHIVES:

February 12, 1954 message from Pearl Harbor Communications Office.

02/16/2026

H.R. 5894, signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson on Nov. 8, 1967, opened promotions for women to general and flag ranks, lifted ceilings on other ranks and removed the 2 percent ceiling on the number of women allowed on active duty.

Read more: https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-upon-signing-bill-providing-equal-opportunity-promotions-for-women-the-armed

Julia Hamblet was gifted one of the pens that President Johnson used during this historic event. Eventually it was donated to WMA for preservation in the WMA Women of the Corps Collection.

Last Saturday, WMA’s History and Archives Chair, Jeannine Franz, met with Britta Granrud, Director of Collections & Curator, Military Women's Memorial, to transfer the pen as a donation to the Military Women's Memorial.

We appreciate WIMSA for helping us share this piece of history with the public!

02/15/2026

We printed the great story regarding the term “BAM” that was posted on the WMA page to go with the WWII utilities and displayed it with another WWII uniform from the WOCC at the Military Women’s Memorial yesterday in commemoration of the anniversary of the Marine Corps Women’s reserve. It appears that this Beautiful American Marine had a great sense of humour!

On 25 January 1945, the first contingent of 5 WR officers and 160 enlisted women boarded the U.S.S. Matsonia to sail from San Francisco to Hawaii. The winter service uniform with the FMF Pacific patch in the photo was worn by one of those women Marines and is preserved in the WOCC. Read more here https://npshistory.com/publications/wapa/npswapa/extContent/usmc/pcn-190-003129-00/sec15.htm

02/01/2026

What a wonderful article to promote WMA!

A photo of part of the WOCC is included in this article! It was taken at the 2024 convention in Atlanta, GA.

The Women Marines Association (WMA) is the only organization that exists for female Marines, and it needs help from her sisters in arms. All over the United

01/31/2026

Yesterday, our History and Archives Chair, Jeannine Franz, briefed the Marine Corps University History Division on the mission and objectives of the Women Marines Association's Women of the Corps Collection.

We are thankful for the invitation to build connections that will enable additional opportunities to share and preserve Marine Corps history.

The Women Marines Association will offer donations of historical documents and photographs for online research and physical preservation.

Thanks to LtCol Anita Roy, Field Historian, Marine Corps History Division for the invite!!

www.usmcu.edu/Research/History-Division/.

12/30/2025

KATHRYN C. REIMANN-SCRAPBOOK

WMA National Conventions: Part 2 of 9

Third WMA Convention, St. Louis, Missouri, 1964

*Our History and Archives Committee is working to make the albums in the WOCC available for view. We are providing photos for now due to the challenge of scanning fragile paper and many documents being glued into the pages.

We hope you enjoy!

12/30/2025

KATHRYN C. REIMANN-SCRAPBOOK

WMA National Conventions: Part 1 of 9

Second WMA Convention, Cleveland Ohio, 16-19 July 1962

*Our History and Archives Committee is working to make the albums in the WOCC available for view. We are providing photos for now due to the challenge of scanning fragile paper and many documents being glued into the pages.

We hope you enjoy!

12/20/2025

ELIZABETH FODI-SCRAPBOOK

(Look for the Santa poem😂)

Elizabeth Margaret Fodi was born and raised in Hellertown, PA. Elizabeth served in the MCWR during World War II as a secretary at Parris Island. She retired from the Bethlehem Steel Corp. after 35 years as an executive assistant. Elizabeth died at age 91 on December 28, 2007.

*Our History and Archives Committee is working to make the albums in the WOCC available for view. We are providing photos for now due to the challenge of scanning fragile paper and many documents being glued into the pages.

We hope you enjoy!