Vet’s Post-Army Career Highlights Resilience of Female Vets
Posted on March 28, 2017 by Katie Lange
By Katie Lange
Female veterans aren’t always recognized like their male counterparts are, in civilian society or when they’re looking for the help they’ve earned.
”We hear about women going into [Veterans Affairs hospitals], and male veteran patients assume they’re just wives or daughters or sisters of veterans instead of being the veterans themselves,” said Kayla Williams, the director of the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Center for Women Veterans. “Occasionally, even VA employees will ask if they’re there with their husbands.”
http://www.dodlive.mil/2017/03/28/vets-post-army-career-highlights-resilience-of-female-vets/
