page_title: Joy Bright Hancock
hierarchical_section_title: Joy Bright Hancock
caption_attribution_description: 80-G-40428 Lieutenant Commander Joy Bright Hancock, USNR.
context_page_description: Joy Bright Hancock, a veteran of both the First and Second World Wars, was one of the first women officers of the United States Navy. She directed the WAVES, which during the war and briefly afterward grew to 500 officers, 50 warrant officers, and 6,000 enlisted women.
context_section_description: Joy Bright Hancock (4 May 1898 – 20 August 1986), a veteran of both the First and Second World Wars, was one of the first women officers of the United States Navy.  She directed the WAVES, which during the war and briefly afterward grew to 500 officers, 50 warrant officers, and 6,000 enlisted women.
caption: LCDR Joy Bright Hancock, c.1943
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