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Textual or Investigative
Description
This study of the recruitment, assessment, and training of female OSS personnel sheds light on often overlooked aspects of the employment process within OSS. Through primary and secondary source research, including the study of undigitized archival material at the National Archives II, this research presents the earliest stages of the employment of female personnel as the first chapter of a broader M.A. thesis study of the women of the OSS. Key findings include an understanding of the rapid and effective development of the whole organization visible through the expansion and improvement of onboarding processes, contributions to scholarly understandings of women's roles within the OSS, and new information surrounding the process of assessment as it was developed by the OSS.
The Assessment of Women: A Study of the Recruitment, Assessment, and Training of Female Personnel in the OSS
Textual or Investigative
This study of the recruitment, assessment, and training of female OSS personnel sheds light on often overlooked aspects of the employment process within OSS. Through primary and secondary source research, including the study of undigitized archival material at the National Archives II, this research presents the earliest stages of the employment of female personnel as the first chapter of a broader M.A. thesis study of the women of the OSS. Key findings include an understanding of the rapid and effective development of the whole organization visible through the expansion and improvement of onboarding processes, contributions to scholarly understandings of women's roles within the OSS, and new information surrounding the process of assessment as it was developed by the OSS.
