Uniform, Military

Object number2019.1.2 a-c

Date1972-1974

MediumPolyester; Cotton; Metal; Plastic;

Credit LineGift of Alice Nestor

DescriptionWoman's light green military uniform consisting of a shirt, a skirt, and a hat.DimensionsHeight x Width (a (width measured sleeve to sleeve)): 28.5 × 29.313 in. (72.4 × 74.5 cm)
Height x Width (b (width measured at bottom of skirt)): 21.375 × 22 in. (54.3 × 55.9 cm)
Height x Width x Length (c (width measured when hat opened)): 3.313 × 3.5 × 11.188 in. (8.4 × 8.9 × 28.4 cm)
Inscriptions(a) Handwritten text on back, inside of shirt reads "AMBROSE A"

(b) Handwritten text on back, inside of skirt at waist reads "AMBROSE, A"

Marks(a) Tag on neckline reads: "14 Long / WOMEN MEASURING: / BUST: 35 1/2 INCHES / HIP: 38 INCHES / HEIGHT: 68 INCHES / 8410 - 823 - 6753"

Tag on proper left, inside reads: "COAT WMN'S. POLY./CTN. / CORDED. AG NO. 160 / CONTRACT NO. 6035 - 72 / 75% POLY. 25% CTN. / DPSC. DIR. OF MFG."

Yellow paper tag reads: " 6 / 674"

(b) Fabric tag on inside, waistline of skirt reads: "SKIRT / WMN'S. / POLY. / COTTON / CORDED , GREEN SHADE NO. 160 / CONTRACT NO. 9159 - 71 / SIZE 14 / 8410 - 198 - 9010 / 75% POLY [ILLEGIBLE] 25% COTTON / DPSC. D [ILLEGIBLE]. Paper tag attached to fabric tag reads: "6 / 674" on both sides.

(c) Tag inside hat reads "CAP. GARRISON, WMN'S / POLY CTN, GREEN AND WHITE / CONTRACT NO. 6028-72 / FSN 8410-543-7312 / 75% POLY , 25% CTN - DPSC. DIR. OF MFG."
Historical NotesWomen’s Army uniform (WAC). Aliquippa native Alice Ambrose (Nestor) enlisted in the Army at the age of 18 after graduating from Hopewell High School in 1972. After basic training at Fort McClellan, Alabama she was stationed in Fort Sam, Houston where she trained as a dental assistant. She was honorably discharged from the Meddac Unit 18 Airborne Corp in 1974 and returned to Aliquippa where she became one of the first group of women who worked on the floor at J&L in Aliquippa. She worked in the Seamless Tube department that produced the Alaska pipeline. She retired from the mill in 1979 to take a job with the United States Post Office in Warrendale.

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