I was surprised to read, in a blog post talking about your own websites references to women in the military, as though Jewish participation in the US military started in WWII (a big surprise to Jews who served in the Revolutionary Army) or that even women's participation started during WWII. Laying aside pre-USA biblical references (Judith, slayer of Holofernes, as one prominent example; or that of Deborah the Judge), your website exhibit on "women in the military" includes a page on nurse Phoebe Yates Levy, who served during the Civil War (not the only "Jewish women and the civil war" reference in history, or even on your site).
I can see where you would focus on gathering the stories of the WWII generation now, before they are lost, but perhaps your last sentence on a US Veterans Day post could be simplified to read: "These trailblazing women are the first in what is now becoming a long tradition of courageous Jewish women veterans.".
I was surprised to read, in a blog post talking about your own websites references to women in the military, as though Jewish participation in the US military started in WWII (a big surprise to Jews who served in the Revolutionary Army) or that even women's participation started during WWII. Laying aside pre-USA biblical references (Judith, slayer of Holofernes, as one prominent example; or that of Deborah the Judge), your website exhibit on "women in the military" includes a page on nurse Phoebe Yates Levy, who served during the Civil War (not the only "Jewish women and the civil war" reference in history, or even on your site).
I can see where you would focus on gathering the stories of the WWII generation now, before they are lost, but perhaps your last sentence on a US Veterans Day post could be simplified to read: "These trailblazing women are the first in what is now becoming a long tradition of courageous Jewish women veterans.".