Dept. 1st Jr. Vice Commander and Chair of the Dept. Women Veterans Committee (Chapter 57)
Laura Felten, Dept. Women Veterans Committee (Chapter 3)
Dept. Women Veterans Committee (Chapter 3)
Dept. Women Veterans Committee (Chapter 58)
Wisconsin DAV has a long history of treating women veterans with the respect and dignity they earned. In the 1950s two DAV Chapters had women veterans serve as Adjutants. Three women veterans have served as DAV State Commanders:
Reba Eslinger – 1988
Dorothy Wenzel – 1993
Holly Hoppe – 2010
Women veterans have served and sacrificed in our armed forces. Many were injured physically, and have carried with them the emotional scars of trauma they experienced in the line of duty. Each has overcome tremendous obstacles in the pursuit of restoring a sense of normalcy to their life.
In September 2018, DAV released the comprehensive study entitled Women Veterans: The Journey Ahead. The study contains 45 recommendations which will improve and expand services and benefits for women veterans.
Previously in 2014, DAV released the landmark study entitled Women Veterans: The Long Journey Home. It contained 27 recommendations of which 22 were enacted upon.
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Women Veterans: The Journey Ahead
Women Veterans: The Long Journey Home
Women Veterans: The Fight For Equity
DAV: Helping Women Veterans
DAV Issue Brief: Women Veterans
