“A guard’s broad shoulders held back the tidal wave of patriotic pulchritude.” The Army women were barred from serving as combatants but did fill important ancillary posts. They served as drivers, accountants, draftsmen, cooks, occupational therapists, encoders. They dispelled stereotypes. Despite fears that women would become hysterical in emergencies or that female voices were too soft to be heard, WACs worked in airplane control towers and did well.
