100 Years of Women's Health Care at VA - 3 minute

In this 3 minute video you will learn about 100 years of women's health care at VA. In 2023, the Department of Veterans Affairs is celebrating 100 years of providing health care for women Veterans. On September 14, 1923, the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers (VHA's origins) approved the first hospital spaces for women Veterans. Hospitalization and medical care for women who served as Army or Navy nurses during World War I were first authorized as part of Public Law 65-326 on March 3, 1919, just a few months after the Armistice. At the time, there were approximately 52,000 women Veterans in America, 25 percent of whom were disabled and therefore eligible for care. Today, nearly two million women Veterans are living in America, and more than 600,000 women Veterans receive care at VA. Learn more about health care for women Veterans and the progress we've been making over the last 100 years.
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