Montana’s Women Veterans of World War I

In addition to their contributions on the home front, many Montana women also served overseas, mostly as nurses in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps. In his talk, Lt. Col. Edward Saunders, U.S. Army (retired), tells the largely unknown story of these determined women who voluntarily went into harm’s way before they could vote in federal elections and before they received equal pay, rank, and status as the men in the military.