Woman in war -- United States

Scope and Content The McCart family papers represent the combined efforts of Ethel W. Sly McCart and of her husband William Henry McCart. Ethel's meticulous efforts to construct a scrap book of newspaper clippings, military correspondence and letters of affection are of special interest. Ethel McCart's papers contain insightful information of her unconventional career and impressions of daily life as a corporal in the U.S. Marine Reserve. War correspondence, diaries and photographs document her unique career in...