Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Expand VA Services for Female Veterans

Some of Post 43's Women Veterans as photographed by Jon Endow in the Post 43 Cabaret Room.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Lawmakers and veterans organizations gathered in front of the Capitol March 21 to push for new legislation dubbed the Deborah Sampson Act, after the woman who disguised herself as a man to serve in the Continental Army -- mandates counseling services for women veterans, expanded newborn care services at VA facilities, more focus on women’s health issues and $20 million to retrofit VA medical centers with more privacy features:  READ MORE