My sense of humor found this funny.
Ancestry.com‘s “U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947” contains an interesting search option: gender.
Just to be certain I searched the database using female gender as the only search option. Sure enough, there were no women registered.
Women served in World War II–my grandmother’s sister was in the Women’s Army Corps. But she did not register for the draft because women didn’t have to.
So there should not be any women in the database. I guess I should be happy that the search resulted in zero matches.
Eva says:
I actually found some women – mentioned as mothers or spouses of the young men.
Eva says:
I actually found some women – mentioned as mothers or spouses of the young men – they came up when I searched just last names like Larson or Oman.
mjnrootdig says:
Yes, but they weren’t actual registrants were they?
Eva says:
no of course not – so I was surprised to see them in the result list 🙂
mjnrootdig says:
What name did you search for?
Eva says:
Search for “Oman” as last name and check exact – it results in only 74 matches – look at page 2 at the end, where you get a mother Oman, which is the next of kin – as in you other blog post with Velma – and some men with other last names which gives an Oman as next of kin.
I searched for “Larson” – check exact – and on the last 2-3 pages you get those who have a Larson as next of kin.
Fred says:
I have downloaded a number of WW II draft registration cards and have indexed many more for Family Search. I don’t remember ever seeing an entry for the sex of the registrant.
mjnrootdig says:
I have never either. The “person who will always know you address” could easily be female–but that’s not the registrant.