20-03-2025
Governor Healey proclaims March 19 as Edith Nourse Rogers Day
BOSTON (WWLP) – March 19 has been officially named Edith Nourse Rogers Day, and the State House is celebrating with an exhibition on the Women's Army Corps.
Nourse Rogers was the first ever Massachusetts woman elected to Congress, and she used her platform to ensure that women were permitted to serve in the military during and after World War II.
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'She knew that women had the capacity to have a formal role within the military, and she fought for it, even if she herself would never have an opportunity to serve in a uniformed capacity,' said Mel Bloom, founder and CEO of 3-5-0 Girls.
In order to honor Nourse Rogers' legacy and to uplift the accomplishments of all of Massachusetts women veterans, a series of uniforms will be displayed in the State House, showing that women contributed to war efforts just as much as men did.
'Their service, their sacrifice, their resilience, paved the way for us to be here today,' said Veteran Services Deputy Secretary Andrea Gayle-Bennett.
Governor Healey admonished the Trump administration as the Defense Department's removes online pictures of women and people of color veterans as part of their initiative to do away with diversity, equity, and inclusion.
'It's a shocking way of treating men and women who have served,' said the governor.
The governor said that Massachusetts will continue to uplift veterans, but it is up to the federal government to reverse course on removing pictures.
22News is celebrating Women's History Month all March long, from veterans to civilians, on air and online.
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