{"id":114366,"date":"2023-10-23T16:39:42","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T20:39:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/?p=114366"},"modified":"2026-04-22T11:41:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T15:41:12","slug":"origin-of-health-care-women-veterans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/origin-of-health-care-women-veterans\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Like Joan of Arc of Old&#8221;: The Origin of Health Care for Women Veterans"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kb-image114366_cf3b85-0f .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}.kb-image114366_cf3b85-0f img.kb-img, .kb-image114366_cf3b85-0f .kb-img img{border-top:1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0);border-right:1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0);border-bottom:1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0);border-left:1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0);}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kb-image114366_cf3b85-0f img.kb-img, .kb-image114366_cf3b85-0f .kb-img img{border-top:1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0);border-right:1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0);border-bottom:1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0);border-left:1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0);}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kb-image114366_cf3b85-0f img.kb-img, .kb-image114366_cf3b85-0f .kb-img img{border-top:1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0);border-right:1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0);border-bottom:1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0);border-left:1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0);}}<\/style>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image114366_cf3b85-0f size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/new.express.adobe.com\/webpage\/04mEeOX7y9Np3\" class=\"kb-advanced-image-link\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/03\/044-Exhibit.png?w=1280\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/03\/044-Exhibit.png?w=1280\" alt=\"&quot;Like Joan of Arc of Old&quot;: The Origin of Health Care for Women Veterans. View Exhibit\" class=\"lazyload kb-img wp-image-114886\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271280%27%20height%3D%27720%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201280%20720%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271280%27%20height%3D%27720%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/03\/044-Exhibit.png?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/03\/044-Exhibit.png?resize=600,338 600w, https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/03\/044-Exhibit.png?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/03\/044-Exhibit.png 1280w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>While women have served in nearly all of America\u2019s wars, some only achieved the right to Government-provided health care after World War I. This <a href=\"https:\/\/new.express.adobe.com\/webpage\/04mEeOX7y9Np3\" rel=\"noopener\">exhibit <\/a>examines how women Veterans obtained <a href=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/100-objects\/object-26-admission-first-female-veteran\/\">admittance <\/a>to the <a href=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/topics\/national-home-for-disabled-volunteer-soldiers\/\">National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers<\/a> 100 years ago in 1923, and profiles what care looked like for these first women patients.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VA History Exhibit &#8211; While women have served in nearly all of America\u2019s wars, some only achieved the right to Government-provided health care after World War One. This exhibit examines how women Veterans obtained admittance to the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers 100 years ago in 1923, and profiles what care looked like for these first women 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