when did women first join coast guard
The formation of the Army Nurse Corps in 1901 and the Navy Nurse Corps in 1908 created the first truly military women. The first women who enlisted in the United States military joined the Navy and Marine Corps in World War I. Over 12,000 of them served stateside and over 200 âHello Girls,â bilingual women telephone operators recruited by AT&T, served overseas with the US Army Signal Corps.