Collection finding aid (offsite)
Thelma Foster (1917-2010) served as a clerk-typist and quartermaster corps officer in the the United States Women's Army Corps (WAC) during World War II. Thelma Foster was born in Statesville, North Carolina, on November 19, 1917. When Foster was six, her mother died of pneumonia. In 1926 Foster's father was forced to resign his school administration post, due to tuberculosis, and move to the Virginia countryside. Foster graduated from Farmville High School, Virginia, in 1935. Foster was able to attend Farmville State Teachers' College, despite the global economic depression, due to funding from a local sorority and the National Youth Administration. After her graduation in 1939, Foster began to teach school in Waverly, Virginia. In the summer months she worked at [...] Read more
| Interested in being notified about new results for this query? |
|---|
| Set up a personal email alert or subscribe to the RSS feed. |