Selected Websites and Resources

“1955 Polio Vaccine Trial Announcement.” University of Michigan, School of Public Health, http://www.sph.umich.edu/about/polioannouncement.html.

“Catto, Patron of Charities, Dies at 72.” My San Antonio, October 1, 2009, Obituary of Jessica Hobby Catto, Oveta’s daughter, http://www.mysanantonio.com/default/article/Catto-patron-of-charities-dies-at-72–842249.php.

“Eisenhower’s Cabinet Meets.” 1953. Budget Films Stock Footage. Short speech by Oveta Culp Hobby after the new cabinet department of Health, Education and Welfare was established, http://www.budgetfilms.com/clip/8124/.

“First U.S. Army Women Arrive in England. 1943.” National Archives and Records Administration, ARC 38790, http://www.archive.org/details/gov.archives.arc.38970.

“First Woman Honored with Legion of Merit.” A brief history of Colonel Westray Battle Boyce, who succeeded Oveta Culp Hobby as the second director of the Women’s Army Corps when Oveta retired, http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM810R_First_woman_honored_with_Legion_of_Merit_Rocky_Mount_NC.

Guide to the Oveta Culp Hobby Papers. Dwight D. Eisenhower Library, Abilene, Kansas, http://eisenhower.archives.gov/Research/Finding_Aids/pdf/Hobby_Oveta_Papers.pdf.

Guide to the Oveta Culp Hobby Papers, 1817–1995. Rice University, Houston, Texas, http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/ricewrc/00038/rice-00038.html.

Ham Slice 17: TV in Houston. A brief history of the Hobbys starting the first television station in Houston, Texas, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vWANZgErOw.

Hobby Family Bibliography, Bill Hobby Jr., http://www.billhobby.com/pdf/HobbyFamilyBibliography.pdf.

“How a Bill Becomes a Law.” http://www.house.state.tx.us/resources/bill2law.htm.

Lyndon B. Johnson, “Message to Mrs. Oveta Culp Hobby on the Death of Former Governor William P. Hobby of Texas,” June 8, 1964. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, the American Presidency Project, http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=26301.

Medical Milestones-Polio. HealthCareNewsNtwrk, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPGW4f7GR6M.

NHD 2009: Jonas Salk: The Man Who Saved the Children, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6NkM61HlB8.

Oveta Culp Hobby. Encyclopedia Britannica article, http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://media-2.web.britannica.com/eb-media/08/21608-003-C3A92A99.gif&imgrefurl=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/268497/Oveta-Culp-Hobby&usg=__pujBxlpFhjqkDquofSy_yLbDMSM=&h=140&w=100&sz=6&hl=en&start=103&tbnid=2jci0h1oNl_S0M:&tbnh=93&tbnw=66&prev=/images%3Fq%3Doveta%2Bculp%2Bhobby%26ndsp%3D18%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26start%3D90.

Oveta Culp Hobby. First Day of Issue Stamp. April 15, 2011. USA Philatelic, http://www.beyondtheperf.com/stamp-releases/oveta-culp-hobby.

“Oveta Culp Hobby: A Newspaperwoman Speaks.” March 23, 1953. Excerpts from Oveta’s speech as the first woman speaker in the history of the Economic Club, http://www.econclubchi.org/History/Excerpts_OvetaCulpHobby.pdf.

Oveta Culp Hobby. November 1943. “When Girls are Soldiers.” Article for the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, http://www.ascd.org/ASCD/pdf/journals/ed_lead/el_194311_hobby.pdf.

“Pallas Athene Insignia and Award.” Women’s Army Corps Veterans’ Association. History and background of adoption of Pallas Athene by the WAC, http://www.armywomen.org/award.shtml.

“Prenatal Memories of the Governor’s Mansion, Bill Hobby to Mansion Docents, January 12, 2010,” http://www.hobbycomm.com/wph/Essays/Mansion%20History.pdf.

Texas Legislative Reference Library, http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/genInfo/FAQ.cfm.

Texas Statesman William Pettus Hobby (1878–1964). The Historical Marker Database, http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=35316.

The Texas Underground: A Guide to the Graves of Texans Past. Brief biography and picture of Oveta Culp Hobby’s gravesite, http://thetexasunderground.blogspot.com/2010/03/oveta-culp-hobby.html.

U.S. Army Women’s Museum, http://www.history.army.mil/html/museums/showcase/women/awm_05.html.

“U.S. Rushes New Naval Bases in Pacific (1942),” U.S. National Archives. Vintage footage showing Oveta Culp Hobby in her new role as the director of the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps, 2:32–3:36, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6PljcpfL38.

“WAAC’s Officer’s Cap.” A history of the hat worn in the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps, unofficially known as the “Hobby Hat,” http://americanhistory.si.edu/militaryhistory/collection/object.asp?ID=805&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=thisdayinhistory.

“WAC Head Sworn In.” 1942. Budget Films Stock Footage. Video footage of Oveta Culp Hobby’s swearing-in ceremony for the Women’s Army Corps and a short speech she gives afterward, http://www.budgetfilms.com/clip/8122/.

Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, http://wctu.org/.

Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (3:13) TV-14. The History Channel. Documentary footage promotional video celebrating the first anniversary of the founding of the WAACs, May 14, 1943, http://www.history.com/videos/womens-army-auxiliary-corps#womens-army-auxiliary-corps.

Women’s Army Corps. A brief video comparing women in the Army today with the original Women’s Army Corps. Contains a retrospective from several members of the original Women’s Army Corps, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_Y8zxsOsks&feature=related.

The Women’s Army Corps, 1945–1978, by Bettie J. Morden, Center for Military History, U.S. Army, http://www.history.army.mil/books/wac/index.htm.

The Women’s Army Corps: A Commemoration of World War II Service. Judith A. Bellafaire. CMH Publication 72-15. U.S. Army Center of Military History, http://www.history.army.mil/brochures/WAC/WAC.HTM.

Women at War, Part 1: Women’s Army Corps. Promotional recruitment video made in conjunction with the U.S. Army, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALow_k85n2s.

Women at War, Part 2: Women’s Army Corps. Promotional recruitment video made in conjunction with the U.S. Army, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efCMW1qOiks&feature=related.

Women at War, Part 3: Women’s Army Corps. Colonel Oveta Culp Hobby gives the graduation address to the officer’s class of the Women’s Army Corps (her speech starts at 1:36), http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxML6I2JGbo.