Homeless female veterans.

• Author: Ziegler, Katie
• Position: WHAT LEADERS LEARNED - Brief article

Lt. Col. Patricia Gaston (U.S. Army Ret.) addressed the needs of America's more than 7,000 homeless female veterans at a Fall Forum session. Female veterans are four times more likely to be homeless than civilian women. They often have histories of trauma or abuse prior to the military service, and one in three military women say they have been...