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American Women’s Voluntary Services

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  • In Alice Throckmorton McLean

    In 1940 she organized the American Women’s Voluntary Services (AWVS). Despite the prevailing mood of isolationism in the nation at that time, McLean succeeded in rapidly building a sizable organization interested in preparing the home front for war. By the time of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the AWVS numbered…

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