Creation Date
circa 1944
Preview
![image preview](https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/nafoh_gallery/1268/preview.jpg)
Description
Color photograph of two women in uniform, ca. 1944. Back matter: (l) Beth (Leet) Hawkes, 1st Lieutenant. (r) Ruby (Leet) Maliszewski, Cadet Nurse. Greenville, Maine. Elizabeth (Leet) Hawkes was born in Greenville Junction, July 8, 1919, and died October 21, 2001. She served as a 1st Lieutenant in the Army Nurses Corps for three and a half years, serving in the Italian and African Theaters of World War II. Ruby Geneva (Leet) Maliszewski was born in Greenville, Maine, October 16, 1923, and died October 6, 2008.
Topic
Women in the Military
Collection
MF500
Series Number
General Collection
Identifier
p14491
Recommended Citation
"Beth (Leet) Hawkes and Ruby (Leet) Maliszewski" (2023). Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History Image Gallery. 293.
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/nafoh_gallery/293
Rights and Access Note
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Existence and Location of Originals
Located at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress: AFC 2012/047 https://lccn.loc.gov/2013655211.
Keywords
World War II, Women in the Military, Female soldiers