June Willenz | |
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Born | June Adele Friedenberg December 17, 1924 |
Died | May 3, 2020 Bethesda, Maryland, U.S. | (aged 95)
Alma mater | University of Michigan (BA, MPhil) The New School (ABD) |
Occupation | Veterans' rights activist |
Years active | 1945–2020 |
Spouse |
Eric Willenz (m. 1951–1968) |
Children | 2 |
June Adele Willenz (née Friedenberg; December 17, 1924 – May 3, 2020) was an American military veterans advocate, Executive Director of the American Veterans Committee (AVC), and author of Women Veterans: America's Forgotten Heroines (Continuum, 1983). Willenz also initiated the effort to build the Women in Military Service for America Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery. She was inducted into the Maryland Women's Hall of Fame in 2011.