Blackwell, Betsy Talbot, 1905-1985

A cake cutting celebration takes place at Fort Jay, New York for the sixteenth anniversary of the founding of the Women's Army Corps (WAC). From left to right: Major H. B. Meisner, First Army Comptroller Section; Lieutenant Colonel Norma M. Flachsland, First Army WAC Staff Advisor; Lieutenant General B. M. Bryan, Commanding General of the First Army; Mrs. Betty Talbot Blackwell, editor of "Mademoiselle" magazine and member of the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services; Colonel Westray Battle Boyce Leslie (Ret), second director of the WAC; and Captain Moorsman from Fort Slocum.

Lieutenant Colonel Norma M. Flachsland, First Army WAC Staff Advisor (left) presents the first piece of cake to Mrs. Betsy Talbot Blackwell (second from left), editor of "Mademoiselle" magazine and member of the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services, while former WAC director, Colonel Westray B. Leslie (Ret) (second from right) and First Army Commander, Lieutenant General B.M. Bryan (right) look on. The party, in celebration of the sixteenth anniversary of the Women's Army Corps, was held at Fort Jay, New York.

From left to right, Mrs. Betsy Talbot Blackwell, Editor-in-Chief of "Mademoiselle", Colonel Westray Battle Boyce Leslie (Ret), the second director of the WAC (1945-1947); Lieutenant Colonel Norma M. Flachsland, WAC Staff Advisor for the First Army at Fort Jay, Major General Robert H. Booth, Chief of Staff, First United States Army; Mrs. Webster Todd, and Mrs. Robert H. Booth. Lieutenant Colonel Flachsland and Major General Booth are cutting into a cake at a celebration of the fifteenth anniversary of the founding of the Women's Army Corps. Mrs. Blackwell and Mrs.