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Breaking Glass Ceilings and Rising in Ranks

Viola and Abe Sherman could still hear the boom of fireworks on July 5th, 1918, as they welcomed their first child into the world.[1] Iona Sherman was born in Valentine, Nebraska, a quaint rural area where her grandfather had previously built a sod cabin.

Sisters in ServiceJulianna BeckertAugust 31, 2025Nebraska State Normal School, Pearl Harbor, Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps, Fort Des Moines, WAAC/WAC, Normandy Invasion, Company Commander of a WAC Detachment, Conference of Women, Army Missile Command, WAC Coordinator for Army Air Defense Command, WAC Staff Advisor to the Commanding General of Third Army, Fort McClellan, North Colorado Springs Rotary Club

A Woman of Many Firsts

In 1942, Dorothy L. Starbuck joined the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) and was stationed at Lowry Army Airfield in Colorado. There she acted as a commanding officer to a company of photo analysts. The creation of WAAC was a defining moment in gender roles in the United States. Women worked in hundreds of fields, like military intelligence and cryptography.

Lifetime of Service, Sisters in Service, Campus ConnectionsEsteban GomezOctober 6, 2021Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps, Women’s Army Corps, World War II, Operation Overlord, U.S. Veterans Administration, Chief Benefits Director of the Department of Veteran Benefits, AMVETS Silver Helmet Civil Servant-of-the-Year Award