{"id":673,"date":"2025-11-14T17:07:40","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T17:07:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riseofmilitarywomen.vt.domains\/?p=673"},"modified":"2025-11-14T18:08:04","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T18:08:04","slug":"womens-armed-services-integration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/riseofmilitarywomen.vt.domains\/index.php\/womens-armed-services-integration\/","title":{"rendered":"Women&#8217;s Armed Services Integration Act- 1948"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-4961dea6-ad85-4a24-9ea8-695a60327e1f\" href=\"https:\/\/riseofmilitarywomen.vt.domains\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1948_Women_Armed-Services_Act.docx-2.pdf\">1948_Women_Armed-Services_Act.docx<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/riseofmilitarywomen.vt.domains\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1948_Women_Armed-Services_Act.docx-2.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-4961dea6-ad85-4a24-9ea8-695a60327e1f\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Essential Facts<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Date Signed<\/strong>: June 12, 1948<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Signed By<\/strong>: President Harry S. Truman<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sponsor<\/strong>: Representative Margaret Chase Smith of Maine<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Public Law Number<\/strong>: 80-625<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Significance<\/strong>: Allowed women to serve as permanent, regular members of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force for the first time<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Initial Restrictions<\/strong>: Limited women to 2% of force strength; prohibited full combat participation; limited officer ranks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">References<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Primary Legal Sources<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">National Archives and Records Administration. (n.d.). <em>Women&#8217;s Armed Services Integration Act, Public Law 80-625<\/em> [Enrolled bill]. Records of the U.S. Government. <a href=\"https:\/\/recordsofrights.org\/records\/60\/womens-armed-services-integration-act\">https:\/\/recordsofrights.org\/records\/60\/womens-armed-services-integration-act<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. Capitol Visitor Center. (1947). <em>S. 1641, a bill to establish the Women&#8217;s Army Corps&#8230; [and] to authorize the enlistment and appointment of women in the&#8230; Navy and Marine Corps&#8230; (Women&#8217;s Armed Services Integration Act), July 16, 1947<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitthecapitol.gov\/artifact\/s-1641-bill-establish-womens-army-corps-and-authorize-enlistment-and-appointment-women\">https:\/\/www.visitthecapitol.gov\/artifact\/s-1641-bill-establish-womens-army-corps-and-authorize-enlistment-and-appointment-women<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Government and Military Historical Sources<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Morden, B. J. (1990). <em>The Women&#8217;s Army Corps, 1945-1978<\/em>. U.S. Army Center of Military History. <a href=\"https:\/\/history.army.mil\/html\/books\/030\/30-14-1\/index.html\">https:\/\/history.army.mil\/html\/books\/030\/30-14-1\/index.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">National Archives. (n.d.). <em>Summer of 1948: A step forward for equality for all in the U.S. armed forces<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/visit.archives.gov\/whats-on\/explore-exhibits\/summer-1948-step-forward-equality-all-us-armed-forces\">https:\/\/visit.archives.gov\/whats-on\/explore-exhibits\/summer-1948-step-forward-equality-all-us-armed-forces<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Naval History and Heritage Command. (n.d.). <em>75th anniversary of Women&#8217;s Armed Services Integration Act<\/em>. U.S. Navy. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.navy.mil\/browse-by-topic\/diversity\/women-in-the-navy\/WASIA\/WASIA-at-75.html\">https:\/\/www.history.navy.mil\/browse-by-topic\/diversity\/women-in-the-navy\/WASIA\/WASIA-at-75.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Naval History and Heritage Command. (n.d.). <em>Women&#8217;s Armed Services Integration Act<\/em>. U.S. Navy. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.navy.mil\/content\/history\/nhhc\/browse-by-topic\/organization-and-administration\/regulations-and-policy\/WASIA.html\">https:\/\/www.history.navy.mil\/content\/history\/nhhc\/browse-by-topic\/organization-and-administration\/regulations-and-policy\/WASIA.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. Marine Corps History Division. (1948). <em>Public Law 625: The Women&#8217;s Armed Services Integration Act of 1948<\/em> [Congressional act]. Marine Corps University. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmcu.edu\/Research\/Marine-Corps-History-Division\/People\/Women-in-the-Marine-Corps\/The-Womens-Armed-Services-Integration-Act-of-1948\/\">https:\/\/www.usmcu.edu\/Research\/Marine-Corps-History-Division\/People\/Women-in-the-Marine-Corps\/The-Womens-Armed-Services-Integration-Act-of-1948\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Museum and Educational Resources<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The National WWII Museum. (2024, September 15). <em>The 1948 Women&#8217;s Armed Services Integration Act<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalww2museum.org\/war\/articles\/1948-womens-armed-services-integration-act\">https:\/\/www.nationalww2museum.org\/war\/articles\/1948-womens-armed-services-integration-act<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pritzker Military Museum &amp; Library. (2023). <em>75th anniversary of the Women&#8217;s Armed Services Integration Act<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pritzkermilitary.org\/resources\/blog\/75th-anniversary-womens-armed-services-integration-act\">https:\/\/www.pritzkermilitary.org\/resources\/blog\/75th-anniversary-womens-armed-services-integration-act<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Reference Works<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Women&#8217;s Armed Services Integration Act<\/em>. (1999). In <em>Encyclopaedia Britannica<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Womens-Armed-Services-Integration-Act\">https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Womens-Armed-Services-Integration-Act<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Women&#8217;s Armed Services Integration Act<\/em>. (2025). In <em>Wikipedia<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Women%27s_Armed_Services_Integration_Act\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Women%27s_Armed_Services_Integration_Act<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Essential Facts References Primary Legal Sources National Archives and Records Administration. (n.d.). Women&#8217;s Armed Services Integration Act, Public Law 80-625 [Enrolled bill]. Records of the U.S. Government. https:\/\/recordsofrights.org\/records\/60\/womens-armed-services-integration-act U.S. Capitol Visitor Center. (1947). 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