The Army Woman's Handbook

Collins, Clella Reeves

Published by Whittlesey House, a division of the McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc, New York, 1942

About this Item

xvi, [2], 203, [3] pages. Appendix. Some tabular information. Bookplate on fep. Some discoloration inside the boards. This copy was formerly owned by Gladys K. Schuck! This book was for every American Woman with a Husband, Son, or Sweetheart in the Service. This book contains vital information on the financial and legal protection of the Army Wife, Mother, and Family, including steps which must be taken to assure wives and families Government protection during wartime separations, legal and financial papers to be prepared, protective laws all wives of soldiers should know, and Information army wives must have on the financial and legal protection of the army wife, mother, and family. Mrs. Collins is the wife of Colonel Carter Collins, and has lectured to women at hundreds of Army posts under Army auspices. Among the topics covered are: Junior Officers, Separation, Power of Attorney, Missing-in-Action, Life Insurance, Social Security, Legal Aid, Wills, Executor, Women's property rights, Income Tax, Widowhood, Relief Organizations, Correspondence, Home Front, Military Courtesy, and The Association of Army Wives. The author noted that every wartime separation involved among other things dozens of financial and legal problems. Many of these were of so special a nature that they do not even occur to the persons directly concerned, least of all at the time when they can be so easily resolved. This book outlines important steps to be taken for the protection of the wife and family before separation and afterward. It contains vital information that every Army woman should know.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Army Woman's Handbook
• Publisher: Whittlesey House, a division of the McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc, New York
• Publication Date: 1942
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Presumed First Edition, First printing.
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good