The United States Marine Corps Women's Reserve (MCWR), was the World War II women's branch of the US Marine Corps Reserve. It was authorized by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt 30 July 1942. But the Marine Corps delayed the formation of the MCWR until 13 February 1943.This authorized the acceptance of women into the reserve as commissioned officers and at the enlisted level, effective for the duration of the war plus six months. The purpose of the law was to release officers and men for combat and to replace them with women in shore stations. Ruth Cheney Streeter was appointed the first director of the MCWR. She was sworn in with the rank of Major and later was promoted to a full Colonel. Streeter was a graduate of Bryn Mawr College and had been invo