1897: WOMEN ARE A VERY NECESSARY PART OF AREA AFFAIRS

WWOMENS' AID, BIBLE READERS' AID, SOCIETY FOR ORGANIZING CHARITY, AND MANY OTHER VOLUNTEER MISSIONS COMBINE TO MAKE TRENTON A BETTER PLACE.

1943: WOMEN OF "THE GREATEST GENERATION"

WE OFTEN HEAR ABOUT THE MEN WHO SERVED AND SACRIFICED DURING WORLD WAR II. SELDOM IS ANY RECOGNITION GIVEN TO THE COUNTLESS SACRIFICES WHICH WERE MADE BY OUR WOMEN. THIS IS A LIST OF ONLY LOCAL LADIES WHO SERVED IN THE WAAC, WAVES, WASP AND SPARS DURING WWWII. FURTHERMORE, THERE WERE MANY MORE ADDED TO THE IST AS THE WAR PROGRESSED. PERHAPS A RELATIVE OF YOURS IS IN THE LIST TO THE LEFT. "SEMPER FI" LADIES!

1918: TRENTON POLICE WOMEN

I ASSUMED THAT POLICE WOMEN WERE A LATE 20TH CENTURY THING! HERE WE HAVE A POLICEWOMAN FROM 1918 TRENTON.

1943: RECRUITING WOMEN FOR THE WAAC

WHEN WE HEAR STORIES OF "THEGREATEST GENERATION," WE SELDOM MENTION THE INCREDIBLE SACRIFICE MADE BY THE WOMEN DURING WORLD WAR II. THE ENGRAVING SHOWS SOME OF THE LOCAL LADIES WHO ARE GOING INTO THE "WAAC," WHICH WAS THEN KNOWN AS THE "WOMENS' AUXILIARY ARMY CORPS." LATER ON IT WAS CHANGED TO "WAC," WOMENS' ARMY CORPS. THESE COURAGEOUS LADIES PLAYED A VERY IMPORTANT PART IN THE WAR EFFORT.

1944: Trenton's USO

The initials stood for "United Service Organization." During WWII, as it does today, the USO provided our military men with a touch of home. Dancing, donuts, and just old fashioned hospitality helped many a lonely GI to take his mind off of his homesickness and bring a bit of home to his life. Here's a view of the USO that was located on North Clinton Avenue during the second world war.