Process Paper

      The first woman that was in the Army was Molly Pitcher. She helped fight the 
British during the Revolutionary War. Her job was to get the Continental soldier’s 
water, but then she fired a cannon because her husband was too tired. In 1898 
the Army Nurse Corps Division was formed, and in 1948, all branches made women’s 
units. In the Gulf War, about 26,000 women served. Most of the things that they 
did were as dangers as what the men did, even though the women could not fight 
in direct combat.

      In around 1776 women disguised themselves as men to go and fight in war. 
The WAAC (Woman’s Army Auxiliary Corps) and the WAC (Woman Army Corps) 
were formed. Sometime in WWII (World War II) black women were in the Army and 
they were station far from towns and cities where color prejudices were active.

      The books and websites that we used to gain information to make our project 
helped us a lot. The books and some websites told detailed information on the 
groups of the U.S. Army Corps and also famous female soldiers that made a 
difference in the way that the military-men looked at the capabilities of women. 
Also an interview with Mrs. Webler helped us gain knowledge of how it is to be 
a woman who has joined the Army and served in wars. We were also able to 
get some information that the books and internet did not give us because, while 
books and websites can give detailed information, they cannot get the real 
opinion of a person without actually knowing and interviewing that person.

      I think that our project fit this year’s topic: Exploration, encounter, and 
exchange for many reasons. The exploration of women joining the U.S. Army 
revolutionized the way we look at women. From that, we were (military) were 
able to exchange the ideas that mainly women and what mainly men think about 
instead of only one point-of-view. And encounter, the men have almost never 
seen women join the military because they day they lack strength and were too 
soft. And then, the women just start to join in what used to be a Army that was 
made mostly up of men.