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unusual facts about Canadian Women's Army Corps


CWAC

Canadian Women's Army Corps was a non-combatant branch of the Canadian Army for women


Anna Mac Clarke

Mary McLeod Bethune, founding member of the National Council of Negro Women and who had given the convocation speech at Clarke’s graduation from KSU, was instrumental in forming and recruiting for the All-Volunteer Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC).

Canadian Women's Open

2014–Present: Canadian Pacific Women's Open, Omnium féminin Canadien Pacifique

In November 2013, Canadian Pacific Railway Company took over title sponsorship of the Canadian Women's Open and the event name was changed to Canadian Pacific Women's Open, or Omnium féminin Canadien Pacifique.

Chana Timoner

Her mother had joined the Canadian Army to fight in World War II in 1940, a year before the United States entered the war, and in 1941 her mother transferred to the newly organized Women's Army Corps of the United States.

Eight-ender

The match between Kelly Scott, who at the time was the reigning Canadian women's champion and went on to become a world champion, and Cathy King a former world bronze medalist.

Holly Lincoln

Holly Lincoln (born June 23, 1985 in Scarborough, Ontario) is a female football (soccer) forward, who won the silver medal with the Canadian women's national soccer team at the 2003 Pan American Games.

Jean-Louis Lévesque

Beyond horse racing, Lévesque was a driving force behind the creation of the Canadian Women's Open golf championship.

Kate Swift

She worked as a copy runner in the NBC newsroom, and later joined the Women’s Army Corps as a writer and editor for the Army’s information and education department.

Linda Hathorn

Linda Hathorn (born May 23, 1982), née Linda Consolante, is a retired Canadian professional soccer defender, who won the silver medal with the Canadian women's national soccer team at the 2003 Pan American Games.

Margaret Degidio Murphy

Margaret Degidio Murphy is the head coach of the Boston Blades in the Canadian Women's Hockey League.

Media Club of Canada

Originally founded as the Canadian Women's Press Club and open only to women, early members of the group included Kit Coleman, Nellie McClung, Emily Murphy and Helen MacGill.

Meryle Secrest

She worked as women's editor for the Hamilton News in Ontario, Canada; shortly thereafter she was named "Most Promising Young Writer" by the Canadian Women's Press Club.

WAC Corporal

When, in the words of former JPL director William Hayward Pickering, researchers "came along with this sounding rocket which really didn't fit the pattern" of "getting bigger as you went along", the rocket "was named after the Women’s Army Corps (WAC)".

Wilson Magnet High School

Mary E. Clarke, was a director of the Women's Army Corps and the first woman to attain the rank of major general in the United States Army.


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