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Yona Owens Collection

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Yona Owens (b. 1949) served as an interior communications electrician in the United States Navy from 1973-1977 and in the Navy Reserve in 1979. In 1976 Owens joined a class action lawsuit that challenged Congress's prohibition of women on ships. Yona Owens was born 30 September 1949 in Charlotte, North Carolina. She graduated from Independence High School in 1967, and then began attending Appalachian State on an art scholarship. After about a year, Owens transferred to East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina, to pursue a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, but left in 1971 without graduating. In May 1973, influenced by the campaign for the Equal Rights Amendment and after having spoken with a Vietnam veteran who told her if women wanted equal rights they needed to [...] Read more

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1.	Oral history interview with Yona Owens Primarily documents the life of Yona Owens and her service with the United States Navy and United States Navy Reserve. Owens describes her desire to join the United State[...] 2017-06-30 \| Audio \| Yona Owens Collection \| Detailed record - Similar records
2.	Group photograph, Naval Training Center Orlando, Florida Group photograph of Yona Owens bootcamp group at Naval Training Center Orlando, Florida, 1973. Yona Owens is in the second row from the bottom, second from left. 1973 \| Image \| Yona Owens Collection \| Detailed record - Similar records
3.	Formal headshot of Yona Owens Formal U.S. Navy headshot of Yona Owens, 1973. 1973 \| Image \| Yona Owens Collection \| Detailed record - Similar records

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