Sarah Charles Collection

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Who's responsible?: Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries (Repository)
How much has been digitized?: This collection has not yet been digitized.
What's in the full collection?: September 2019 oral history transcript
Full biography: Sarah Charles (b. 1958), of St. Croix, USVI, served in the United States Army from 1981-2011. From 2007-2009 she was deployed to Kuwait with the 1498th Transportation Co. (HET). From 2009-2010 she was delployed to Iraq with the 82nd Cavalry Regiment.
Topics: Women's History
Military
Branch of service: Army
Conflict: Post-Vietnam, Panama, Grenada (1975-1989)
Subject headings: United States--History--1945-
United States. Army--Women
Contributing Institution: Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries

: Oral history interview with Sarah Charles; Primarily documents the life of Sarah Charles and her service with the United States Army National Guard and United States Army. Charles recalls the racial and gender discrimination she felt throughout her time in the military, including being treated as subservient to male soldiers, being passed over for job promotions in favor of male soldiers, and having to deal with the emotional difficulty of the company commander's attitudes towards women. Charles discusses feeling appreciated by the military, and being proud of her achievements in life, including the awards she's received and the help she's been able to provide others, especially women, by being a trailblazer and forging a way for females to come behind her, just as the World War I and World War II women did for her.