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WAAC grandma fights for 2 countries

Five images accompany article. All are head shots of WAACs.

Wagon in Mecca Day parade, The University of Iowa, 1915

Mecca Day was put on by the College of Engineers. The name Mecca derives from the first letters of the names of the engineerng departments: mechanical, electrical, civil, chemical, and architectural. Mecca Day events included a parade highlighting…

SPARS enter active duty

Mecca Day parade float, The University of Iowa, 1914

Mecca Day was put on by the College of Engineers. The name Mecca derives from the first letters of the names of the engineerng departments: mechanical, electrical, civil, chemical, and architectural. Mecca Day events included a parade highlighting…

Elizabeth Adams, WAAC to speak in Monroe

Mecca Day parade float on Clinton Street, The University of Iowa, 1914

Mecca Day was put on by the College of Engineers. The name Mecca derives from the first letters of the names of the engineerng departments: mechanical, electrical, civil, chemical, and architectural. Mecca Day events included a parade highlighting…

Mecca Day parade on Clinton Sreet by Unity Hall, The University of Iowa, 1914

Mecca Day was put on by the College of Engineers. The name Mecca derives from the first letters of the names of the engineerng departments: mechanical, electrical, civil, chemical, and architectural. Mecca Day events included a parade highlighting…

WAAC recruiting officer visits here

Students with monument for Mecca Day, The University of Iowa, 1914

Mecca Day was put on by the College of Engineers. The name Mecca derives from the first letters of the names of the engineerng departments: mechanical, electrical, civil, chemical, and architectural. Mecca Day events included a parade highlighting…

Interested in the girls

Image of two navy recruiting officers looking at a newspaper accompanies article.

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