Hobby, Oveta Culp, 1905-1995

President Dwight D. Eisenhower is shown in this photograph in the White House Rose Garden with the 31 members of the first meeting of the board of trustees of the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship, Inc. Back row, left to right: Milton Eisenhower(hidden behind second man in front row); Alfred H. Williams; Edward Lee Norton; William Balderston; Ben Hibbs; Franklin D. Murphy; Philip T. Sharples; Andrew W. Robertson; J. Cameron Thomson; John Cowles; Kenneth Holland; Juan T. Trippe; John A. Roosevelt; James B. Black; Thomas J. Watson, Jr.; Arthur S. Flemming.

Photograph of Colonel Oveta Culp Hobby, first Director of the Women's Army Corps.

Portrait of Colonel Oveta Culp Hobby, first Director of the Women's Army Corps. Photo is signed in the lower right corner by Colonel Hobby.

Photograph of Colonel Oveta Culp Hobby, first Director of the Women's Army Corps. The inscription on the picture reads, "To Captain Boyce with appreciation and esteem, Oveta Culp Hobby."

Photograph of Colonel Oveta Culp Hobby, first Director of the Women's Army Corps. Colonel Hobby appears to be taking an oath, most likely at her induction ceremony into the Women's Army Corps.

Photograph of Colonel Oveta Culp Hobby, first Director of the Women's Army Corps.

Colonel Westray Battle Boyce (left) and Colonel Oveta Culp Hobby (right) pose for a photograph. Colonel Boyce was promoted to replace Colonel Hobby who retired.

A group of female officers in the Women's Army Corps (WACs) including Lieutenant Colonel Westray Battle Boyce (left) and Colonel Oveta Culp Hobby (third from left). All others are unidentified.

Photo of Oveta Culp Hobby, former Colonel and Director of the Women's Army Corps, at the White House. From: Beth Gore.

Photo of Col. Oveta Culp Hobby, Director of the Women's Army Corps, wearing the Distinguished Service Medal which she received from Secretary of War Henry Stimson. From: Beth Gore.