Title:
Navy salute to Aunt Ethel, A
Author:
Carol W. Kimball
Subjects:
Carol Kimball's Aunt Ethel, veteran of WWI, always remembered on Memorial Day
Memorial Day memories
Memorial Day memories
Object ID:
Kim03-056
Object Name:
Scrapbook
Category:
8: Communication Artifact
Subcategory:
Documentary Artifact
Publisher:
The Day
Publication Place:
New London, CT
Pubication Date:
05/24/1990
Collection:
Carol W. Kimball
Summary:
Ethel Cornet Bolles, USNRF, veteran of World War I, aunt to Carol Kimball, lies in the cemetery at Montville. Women were permitted to hold military rank for the first time during that war. The Navy enlisted 11,000 yeomanettes and the Marine Corps enlisted 305 marinettes.
People:
Bolles, Ethel Cornet
Holland, Irene
Holland, Irene
Search Terms:
Waves
women in military
World War I
yeomanette
Navy
women in military
World War I
yeomanette
Navy