First Jewish American Women Graduates of the WAAC

First Officer Graduating Class of WAACs at Fort Des Moines, Iowa

Seven of the twelve Jewish-American women in the first officer graduating class of WAACs (The Women's Army Auxiliary Corps) pictured at Fort Des Moines, Iowa.

Pictured left to right: Ruth Ginns, Beatrice Berg, Carolyne Casper, Rose Ross, Ruth Spivak, Bee Rosenberg and Jean Korn.

They were Ruth Ginns, Beatrice Berg, Carolyne Casper and Jean Korn from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Kathryne Goldfluss, Rose Ross and Joan Strongin from New York, New York; Bee Rosenberg and Ruth Spivak from Chicago, Illinois; Rita Fink and Isabel Bayley of Buffalo, New York; and Elizabeth Morgenstern of Seattle, Washington.

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Jewish Women's Archive. "First Jewish American Women Graduates of the WAAC." (Viewed on November 23, 2024) <https://jwa.org/discover/infocus/military/army/jewish-women-first-waac-class>.