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Women's Organized War Services

"The WOWS, or the Women's Organized War Services, was a new organization on campus this year, created to meet the demands of the trying period through which we are all now living. Under the direction of the steering committee made up of capable women leaders, each woman on campus was registered for some field of the work undertaken.

"The varied and important jobs done by the WOWS have included Red Cross knitting, the making of surgical dressings, Canteen Training, Nursery School Training, USO work, a drive for collecting silk and nylon stockings, and many others vital to furthering the war effort in the city and the nation.

"One of the things our women did which contributed immediately to the morale of our men in service was the dance given for the Aviation Cadets stationed at the University of Buffalo."

(1943 Buffalonian)