109.98.11

Uniform, Military, WWII Skirt

1944 Approximate

Material: textile, plastic and metal. Size: 12" W. at waistline x 24 1/2" L. Description: Uniform Skirt. Navy blue fabric - 6-gore skirt - 1 1/4" W. waistband - closure on left side with a 7" L. zipper and two missing waistband buttons - one slash pocket on each side - label inside right pocket: "U.S.Coast Guard" - label in waistband: "Dorothy Grace Hodgkins". Entire SPAR uniform is accessioned as #109.98.5-13, 17-18) and includes a cap, a garrison cap, blouse, shirts, skirt, slacks, belt and service crests.

Waseca County Military - U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard, SPAR. Dorothy Hodgkins was a SPAR, a member of the women's reserve of the U.S. Coast Guard from 1943-1945. The name "SPAR" derives from S(emper) PAR (atus) or "always ready", the motto of the U.S. Coast Guard. Hodgkins worked with public health doctors and nurses in sick bay and in the dental clinic in St. Augustine, Florida at a Coast Guard training station. Later she was located in Washington, D.C. at Coast Guard headquarters. See donor gift agreement for more biographical information on Dorothy Hodgkins Gigeay.