Hi All, Please see the article below. It does not say that Alice Throckmorton McLean was the founder of the WAC. The predecessor of the WAC was the WAAC. Also here is a link to a very long history of the WAC beginning with the signing of the bill by FDR: _http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/brochures/wac/wac.htm_ (http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/brochures/wac/wac.htm) My mother served in the WAC in WWII. I served during the Vietnam Era and my sister followed 3 years later. Our pictures are included on my personal website: _http://cmmeadows2.com_ (http://cmmeadows2.com) . Carol Potter Meadows Women's Army Corps >From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Women's Army Corps (WAC) was a special unit of the _United States Army_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army) , established in 1942, which organized the female enlisted personnel. Its first director was _Oveta Culp Hobby_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oveta_Culp_Hobby) , from Texas. As many as 150,000 American women served in the corps during World War II. They were the first women other than nurses to serve with the Army. While conservative opinion in the leadership of the Army and public opinion generally was initially opposed to women serving in uniform, the shortage of men necessitated a new policy. During the same time period, other branches of the U.S. military had similar women's units, including the Navy _WAVES_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WAVES) , the _Women's Auxiliary Air Force_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women's_Auxiliary_Air_Force) , the _SPARS_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPARS) of the Coast Guard and the (civil) _Women Airforce Service Pilots_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_Airforce_Service_Pilots) , . The WAC was disestablished in 1978. Since then, women in the U.S. Army have served in the same units as men but do not have combat duties. In a message dated 12/27/2006 5:10:23 PM Eastern Standard Time, joan@statecollege.com writes: South Kortright was the home of Alice Throckmorton McLean, daughter of the copper baron of NYÇ. They were multi-nillionares. The estate was absolutely gorgeous. Alice entertained lavishly and it was in this home that I was introduced to Eleanor Roosevelt at a reception when I was a very young girl. I understand that the estate is now a facility for problem boys. Alice was the founder of the AWVS which became the WACS group in WW2. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYDELAWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message