Women's History

Scope and Contents The Ruth G. Gangstad Henson collection consists of one photo album which contains photographs, newspaper clippings, programs, and other military memorabilia detailing her life, along with the lives of other WAVE and Navy members, in the 1950s. Highlights include her swearing in, graduation, wedding, and other outings with friends. The photographs of men and women in uniform give a sense of the WAVE and Naval communities she was part of and some of the newspaper clippings focus on women in...