The Women's Armed Services Integrated Act was signed #OTD 1948, when pivotal @USArmy figures like Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower became "converted skeptics" regarding the role of women in the Armed Forces.
In a brief clip from her Book Talk, "Her Cold War: Women in the U.S. Military, 1945-1980," author Tanya L. Roth explores Eisenhower's transformation leading up to this historic act in 1948.
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