October 4, 2021
BY KATE O’HARE-PALMER, CHAIR The committee had a Zoom meeting in September. We have been doing individual communications by email for this last quarter. Our Women Veterans Honor Coins have sold out, and we thank…
July 15, 2021
BY KATE O’HARE-PALMER, CHAIR Women Veterans Day was observed on June 12. The date was chosen to mark the anniversary of the Women’s Armed Services Integration Act. Signed into law by President Harry S. Truman…
June 28, 2021
BY KATE O’HARE-PALMER, CHAIR These past few months have been busy for women veterans. The coronavirus vaccine cannot be overlooked. I hope everyone is scheduled for vaccinations. Our hearts go out to everyone who has…
March 29, 2021
BY KATE O’HARE-PALMER, CHAIR The Johnny Isakson and David P. Roe, M.D., Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act of 2020, which included the Deborah Sampson Act, resolved some parts of our resolutions dealing with…
February 6, 2021
BY KATE O’HARE-PALMER, CHAIR We have moved into 2021, and all of us are ready for a clean slate to start a year that will bring a more positive outlook. I want to thank all…
November 25, 2020
BY KATE O’HARE-PALMER, CHAIR VVA’s Women Veterans Committee has been thrust into the age of virtual meetings. We join the world as we get accustomed to the shelter-in-place COVID-19 restrictions. I offer my condolences to…
September 10, 2020
BY KATE O’HARE-PALMER, CHAIR These past few months we have been working on a report with VVA’s Veterans Health Committee and its Subcommittee on the Aging Veteran Experience to review the effects of the COVID-19…
June 29, 2020
BY KATE O’HARE-PALMER, CHAIR The world has taken many turns since the last Women Veterans Committee column was written. The COVID-19 pandemic and its shelter-in-place orders have affected us all. Our condolences go out to…
February 21, 2019
BY KATE O’HARE-PALMER, CHAIR This issue of The VVA Veteran profiles some of the many women veterans in VVA and other public arenas who have helped over the past forty-plus years furthering legislation at national,…
December 21, 2018
BY KATE O’HARE-PALMER, CHAIR The 25th anniversary celebration of the Vietnam Women’s Memorial on the Mall and the VVA Women’s Committee Reception at the DAR building in downtown D.C. are now memories. I hope that…