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During WWI, Marion McCune Rice served as a Red Cross nurse in France, taking copious photographs on- and off-duty. Her biography and many captioned photos (from the video of the same name), plus related links.
http://www.warnurse.org/

Introduces four books consisting of memoirs and biographies of Soviet military women, partisans and spies of World War II. Also has links to more sites related to women in the military
http://webhome.idirect.com/~kjcottam/welcome.htm

Resources for and about women in the military.
http://www.minervacenter.com

A Tribute to Women Airforce Service Pilots of WWII, first women in history to fly American military aircraft!
http://www.WASP-WWII.org/

WAVES was established during World War II and this Web site is from the WAVES National Michigan Unit 32. It honors all women that have served in the military and particularly in the WAVES.
http://womenofthewaves.com

The women who test-piloted aircraft during World War II - with a timeline of women in military history and in flight.
http://www.pbs.org/amex/flygirls/

The military, which prided itself on the records it kept in Vietnam, counting the enemy number of weapons captured, cannot to this day say with certainty how many women served. The army that sent them never bothered to count them.
http://www.illyria.com/vnwomen.html

Website dedicated to the "Women Airforce Service Pilots", offering regularly-updated information from the WASP themselves.
http://womenofcourage.com

A site for the collection of stories about women who served in WWI
http://www.angelfire.com/wa2/wwl/index.html

Voluntary Force is a novel written for the silent women in uniform, the thousands of ordinary service women who struggled for acceptance in the military.
http://www.voluntaryforce.com

Historical and mythological women soldiers, sailors, pirates, duellists and prize fighters.
http://www.lothene.demon.co.uk/others/women.html

Written by a member now living in Canada. Includes personal stories and links.
http://www.members.shaw.ca/relder1