Eighth Annual Celebration: 2012
The Women Veterans' Appreciation Day event will take place on Thursday, Nov 1st, 2012 at 11:00AM at the State House in Memorial Hall, Boston. The Deborah Sampson Award will be presented to MSG Carin Smith, a member of the Massachusetts National Guard and a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Seventh Annual Celebration: 2011
The Women Veterans' Appreciation Day event will take place on Thursday, November 3, 2011 at 11:00 AM at the State House in Boston. The Deborah Sampson Award will be presented to LTC Andrea Gayle-Bennett, a member of the Massachusetts National Guard Medical Command and a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Sixth Annual Celebration: 2010
The sixth annual Women Are Veterans Too! event took place on Thursday, November 4, 2010, at the State House in Boston. Captain Mary Jo Majors received the Outstanding Women Veteran Award.
Fifth Annual Celebration: 2009
The fifth annual
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took place on Thursday, November 5, 2009, in Nurses Hall. The Outstanding Women Veteran Award was presented to Army veteran Michelle Wilmot of Gardner.
Fourth Annual Celebration: 2008
The fourth annual Women Are Veterans Too! event took place on Friday, November 7, 2008 in the State House, Memorial Hall of Flags. Governor Deval Patrick and Lt. Governor Tim Murray spoke and Brigadier General Marie T. Field (MAANG, Ret.) gave the keynote address. The Outstanding Women Veteran Award was presented to Phyllis Santangelo Galeaz of Lynn (Army Nurse Corps 1941-45) and Kathleen M. Splinter of Fall River (Army Nurse Corps 1966-69). See the event
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Third Annual Celebration: 2007
The third annual Women Are Veterans Too! event took place on Thursday, November 8, 2007, 10:30-11:30 AM in the State House Nurse's Hall, Boston. The
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featured a keynote address by Theresa and Elizabeth O'Doherty, sisters who served in Operation Iraqi Freedom. The Outstanding Women Veteran Award was presented to Sara Payne Hayden of Methuen (WASP 1944, Air Force 1949-53) and Mary L. Anderson of Dorchester (Army Reserves 1975-97). You can hear/read the keynote address from the event.
Second Annual Celebration: 2006
The second annual Women Are Veterans Too! ceremony took place on Wednesday, November 8, 10:30-11:30 AM in the State House Nurse's Hall, Boston. The
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featured remarks from women veterans and their supporters, as well as the presentation of the Outstanding Woman Veteran Award.
Lillian J. Eaton of Amesbury and Mary Beth O'Sullivan of Brockton will receive the Outstanding Woman Veteran Award. Ms. Eaton served in the Navy during World War II and Ms. O'Sullivan's service with the Navy and Naval Reserves has spanned two and a half decades. The
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First Annual Celebration: 2005
On November 10, 2005, over 100 women veterans and their supporters gathered to honor women's military service in Nurse's Hall at the Massachusetts State House. This event was co-hosted by the Massachusetts Women Veterans' Network and the Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women. The presentation of the first annual Outstanding Woman Veteran award was given to two honorees: Alice Morrison (Army nurse, WWII) and Kaye Yoon (Women's Army Corps combat medic, Vietnam). Keynote speaker was Massachusetts National Guard CAPT Margaret E. Oglesby, Commander of the 747th Military Police Company at the Kabul Military Training Center in Afghanistan from January through September 2003. Please view the
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Contact
Women Veterans' Network
600 Washington St., 7th Floor
Boston, MA 02111
617-210-5958
fax: 617-210-5755
DVSWomen@vet.state.ma.us