Henrietta Pearl Terry served as a naval aerologist during the Second World War as a member of the WAVES [Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service]. She was statione[...]

A dormitory at Smith College Massachusetts in 1942.

Grace Dimelow poses in the snow at Smith College, Massachusetts, circa 1943. She wears the WAVES overcoat and havelock.

Grace Dimelow poses at Smith College, Massachusetts, circa 1943.

Formal photo of Henrietta Pearl Terry, posed on a vanity with an atlas, in WAVES dress blue uniform in 1943.

Formal photo of Henrietta Pearl Terry in 1943, seated at a vanity and reflected in a mirror. She holds a pen over an open atlas and wears her WAVES dress blue uniform.

Lt. Henrietta P. Terry, in WAVES raincoat and havelock, salutes the camera while standing in a snowstorm at Smith College, Massachusetts, circa 1942.

Meterology class photo at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, circa 1944. The WAVES in the photo wear their white dress uniforms with officer's combination hats with w[...]

Navy servicemen and women in dress whites greet other navy personnel at an event at Naval Air Station Norfolk, Virginia, circa 1944. The receiving line includes (right to[...]

WAVE Violet Boynton, in blue service dress, salutes the camera while at Smith College, Massachusetts, circa 1942.

A WAVE poses at Smith College, Massachusetts, circa 1943.

WAVES in dress white uniforms with officer's combination hats form a receiving line with Captain and Mrs. Greer at an event at Naval Air Station Norfolk, Virginia, circa [...]

Four WAVES mill about indoors, two with beverages in teacups, circa 1944.

WAVES pose at Smith College, Massachusetts, circa 1943.

Leila Stevens (right) and a fellow WAVE stand in the snow at Smith College, Massachusetts, circa 1942.

Four WAVES in raincoats and havelocks stand in the snow at Smith College, Massachusetts, circa 1942.

Henrietta Terry points to a map while instructing a group of WAVES in dress blue uniforms at Naval Air Station Norfolk, Virginia, circa 1944.