Women Veterans

Women are Veterans too! Did you know that there are almost two million women veterans? From the American Revolution to Panama, Bosnia, Kosovo, Afghanistan and Iraq , women have served in some way in every conflict. Not that they were legal in the early days. History tells us that thirty three thousand women served in World War One and almost 500,000 took part in World War Two. During the Korean era 120,000 women were in uniform and seven thousand were deployed in theater during Viet Nam. During Desert Storm seven per cent of the total U.S. forces deployed were women – over forty thousand of them. 

On April 23, 2013, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) launched its new Women Veterans hotline —1-855-VA-WOMEN (1-855-829-6636)—an incoming call center that receives and responds to questions from women Veterans, their families, and caregivers across the nation about available VA services and resources. “The Women Veterans Call Center is aimed at increasing women Veterans’ knowledge of all VA services and benefits that they deserve,” said Krista Stephenson, Army Veteran and Women Veterans Call Center Director

Resource Link

Women Veterans Call Center- https://www.womenshealth.va.gov/WOMENSHEALTH/wvcc.asp

Military sexual trauma (MST) is the term that the Department of Veterans Affairs uses to refer to sexual assault or repeated, threatening sexual harassment that occurred while the Veteran was in the military. Both women and men can experience MST during their service.

Resource Link

Military Sexual Trauma- https://www.mentalhealth.va.gov/msthome.asp

Additional Resource Links

Women Veterans Program- https://www.va.gov/womenvet/