The night before departing, they lined up to receive their uniforms. Goucher’s Fran Steen, training at Mount Holyoke, was asked her size and said that she was a four. She was given a fourteen—the only size left—and would have it tailored later. Her skirt hung down to her instep and her new warm thick navy wool coat flapped around her ankles. On the train ride back, some children thought the women were nuns.
