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From: "Barbara Brixey Wylie" <>
Subject: RE: [APG] Name Cards
Date: Sat, 2 Mar 2002 13:48:43 -0600
In-Reply-To: <NFBBLGDPGLLHJAJKBECKGEOCCPAA.denise@moss-fritch.com>


When my first husband was commissioned as an Air Force officer in December,
1961, both the officer and his wife were expected to have name cards. I
think their use was waning but I do remember that the cards were handed to
the first person in a reception line so that he could introduce each person
to the next in line. By the late 1960's, name cards were forgotten in most
military social circles but may have been used in high protocol locations
such as embassies. There were very few married women in the military at that
time and absolutely no mothers. If a woman decided that she'd rather be a
civilian, all she had to do was get pregnant. She'd be gone as soon as the
pregnancy could be verified.

Barbara Brixey Wylie


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