Year

1957

Video Details

15:00; b&w; sound; V-106 CA196; S. 828

Description

This film begins with exterior shots of Florida State University (FSU). Then Katherine Warren, dean of women, interviews Captain Eleanor P. Hutchins, commanding officer at the Women's Army Corps (WAC) Detachment at Fort McPherson, Georgia. Hutchins discusses her career with WAC and how the liberal arts education she received from FSU prepared her for the Army. The interview concludes with Hutchins discussing the upcoming Summer College Program for juniors at Fort McClellan in Alabama.

Corporate Subject

Florida State University
United States. Army. Women's Army Corps

Geographic Subject

Fort McPherson (Ga.)
Tallahassee
Leon County
Fort McClellan (Ala.)
Fort Lee (Va.)
Fort Leavenworth (Kans.)

Coverage

Postwar Florida (1945-1968)

Personal Subject

Hutchins, Eleanor P., d. 2007
Warren, Katherine
Strozier, Robert Manning, 1906-1960
Carnegie, Hattie, 1886-1956

Subject

Women and the military
Interviews
Higher education
Women soldiers