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- catalog abstract "Collection primarily documents Peirce's war years and includes correspondence, autobiographical notes, clippings, awards, photographs, etc., and clippings about women in the military.".
- catalog contributor b4317386.
- catalog coverage "United States Armed Forces Women.".
- catalog date "1902".
- catalog description "Collection primarily documents Peirce's war years and includes correspondence, autobiographical notes, clippings, awards, photographs, etc., and clippings about women in the military.".
- catalog description "Electronic finding aid available http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:RAD.SCHL:sch00022".
- catalog description "In 1948, she married John Peirce, an Air Force officer. From 1953 to 1956 they lived outside Casablanca, Morocco, where he was stationed. Returning to the United States, the Peirces lived near Air Force bases in New Jersey, Texas, and Massachusetts. In 1963, the couple settled in Brookline, Mass.; they separated in 1970 and divorced in 1975. Ruth Peirce died in 1994. Throughout her life she retained an avid interest in women in the military, collecting clippings and other information on the subject.".
- catalog description "Peirce, a native of Boston, Mass., was recruited by the FBI in 1941 to work as an undercover agent. She joined the Women's Army Corps in August 1942 and was one of the first women intercept operators for the Boston Intercept Command. She was later stationed as a flight dispatcher in Bangor, Me., and Mitchell Air Force Base, Long Island, N.Y., was discharged from the military in 1945. She worked for a time for Catherine E. Falvey, a lawyer and fellow WAC who was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1941-44).".
- catalog description "Ruth Thompson Peirce Papers. Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe College.".
- catalog description "Unpublished finding aid.".
- catalog extent "1 linear ft.".
- catalog issued "1902".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog spatial "United States Armed Forces Women.".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "Air traffic controllers.".
- catalog subject "Airplanes Dispatching.".
- catalog subject "Edwards, Julia.".
- catalog subject "Falvey, Catherine E.".
- catalog subject "Hess, Feril.".
- catalog subject "Lewis, Deborah.".
- catalog subject "Manufacturers' agents United States.".
- catalog subject "Peirce, Ruth Thompson, 1911-1994.".
- catalog subject "Treadwell, Mattie E.".
- catalog subject "United States. Army. Women's Army Corps.".
- catalog subject "United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation.".
- catalog subject "Willenz, June A.".
- catalog subject "Women and the military.".
- catalog subject "Women intelligence officers United States.".
- catalog subject "Women veterans United States.".
- catalog subject "World War, 1939-1945 Participation, Female.".
- catalog title "Papers, 1902-1993 (inclusive).".
- catalog type "Diaries. aat".
- catalog type "collection".