Center for Women Veterans

Have you recently transitioned from military service, or are you looking to better understand the benefits and services available to you or a Veteran in your life? Here’s a step-by-step guide on how you can apply for your earned benefits and services.

On National Vietnam War Veterans Day, we recognize and honor the Americans who served during the Vietnam War. But there is a group of Veterans whose contributions have too often gone unrecognized—the women who also served in Vietnam. Your service, sacrifice, and resilience laid the foundation for future generations and shaped history.

The Edith Nourse Rogers STEM Scholarship allows eligible Veterans using the Post-9/11 G.I. Bill or dependents using the Fry Scholarship to receive added benefits.

This month’s Center for Women Veterans Book Corner author is Air Force Veteran Ericka E. Kelly, who wrote “Take Charge of Your Military Transition.”

This month's Center for Women Veterans Book Corner author is Navy Veteran Kimberly Henry, who served as a Cryptologic Technician and Sexual Assault Victim Advocate from 2009-2019. She created "Warrior's Path to Healing: A 12-Week Empowerment Journal for Women Veterans."

This month’s Center for Women Veterans Book Corner author is Navy Veteran Dr. Jacqueleen Bido, who served as a Information Systems Technician from 1998 to 2006.  She wrote “The Person Versus The Process.”

VA hosted the 2024 Quadrennial Women Veterans Summit to share better opportunities for the fastest-growing demographic within the Veteran community.

The Center for Women Veterans hosted the 6th Annual EmpowerHer event on October 16.

This month’s Center for Women Veterans Book Corner author is Coast Guard Veteran Nancy McIntosh, who served as both an enlisted small boat coxswain and an officer from 1977 to 1991. She wrote “The Flood Tide,” an historical novel set during the American Revolution and follows a boatbuilder father and his soldier son. Much of it is set on the Piscataqua River in southeastern New Hampshire where the author grew up as a fourteenth-generation American.

Women’s Equality Day is observed annually on August 26th, and it marks the historic day in 1920 when the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was passed, granting women the right to vote.

This month’s Center for Women Veterans Book Corner author is Army Veteran Theresa Kulikowski-Gillespie, who served as a Physician Assistant (PA) from 2009-2012.

This month’s Center for Women Veterans Book Corner author is Marine Corps Veteran Sarah B. Gray, who served as an administration clerk from 2001-2006. She wrote “Millie the Moose Blurts.”