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R. Ann Bush

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R. Ann Bush is a southern California native who studied history at Princeton University as an undergraduate and received her Masters in Women’s History at the University of London.

One of her academic assignments was an oral history project featuring her great aunt’s experiences in the Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES) during World War II. She received her PhD in Public Health at the University of California San Diego and is currently a professor in Health Sciences at the University of San Diego.

An experienced researcher and scientific author, Ann used the pandemic lockdown to weave together family narratives and ﬁrst-hand naval experiences to tell the story. Ann lives with her patient husband and two inquisitive sons.

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