Standing Up Against Hate: How Black Women in the Army Helped Change the Course of WWII

Mary Cronk Farrell’s Standing Up Against Hate tells the stories of the African American women who enlisted in the newly formed Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) in World War II.

Foreword by Major General Marcia M. Anderson, U.S. Army (Ret.)

The African American women who joined WAAC quickly discovered that they faced as many obstacles in the armed forces as they did in everyday life. However, they refused to back down. They interrupted careers and left family, friends, and loved ones to...