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Private Lorraine J. Turnbull, Alyse Beauchemin, Hailey Hammick
Private Lorraine J. Turnbull, Alyse Beauchemin, Hailey Hammick
Selected Student Research from 2019
Pvt. Lorraine Turnbull was one of the thousands of American women to enlist in the Marine Corps Women's Reserve (MCWR) during the Second World War. Turnbull was one of the 500 women Marines selected out of a pool of 8,000 Women Reservists serving in the field of aviation for duty in Hawaii. Using hundreds of the letters written by Turnbull during her war experience, one is able to piece together the true impact of the war upon WWII military women. Using select letters written by Turnbull, this research project focuses on the elements of sexism women experienced in the MCWR, …