While most of us might recognize these women for their careers in entertainment or as public figures, they all got their start serving in the Armed Forces. LOS ANGELES - Before she was Dorothy Zbornak on “The Golden Girls,” Bea Arthur served 30 months in the Marine Corps’ Women’s Reserve, where she worked as a typist and truck driver from 1943 to 1945.
In a letter penned by Arthur in 1943, she said “enlistments for women in the Marines were open, so I decided the only thing to do was to join.” While most people recognize actress Jennifer Marshall from her role as Susan Hargrove (mom to Billy and Maxine) in “Stranger Things,” Jennifer Marshall spent five years serving in the U.S.