As Veterans Day nears, the Service Women’s Action Network is seeking to remind people to also remember the women who have served our country.
According to SWAN, more than 1.8 million women have served in the military – and more than 255,000 women have been deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan, and the organization is sharing the stories of some of these women to commemorate “Women’s Veterans Day.”
SWAN is not alone in its attempts to shine a spotlight on women in the military. The Women in Military Service for America Memorial Foundation has made it their mission to document and preserve the history of women in the U.S. Armed Forces although “many of their contributions have been forgotten and are not recorded in today’s history books.”
The Department of Veterans Affairs also recently launched an initiative aimed at encouraging female Veterans to use VA services. It is also creating videos in which women Veterans share their military experiences.
The Service Women’s Action Network is sharing the stories of three women who have served their nation.
