COLUMBIA (WACH,AP)--A group of South Carolina business leaders and the top female general in the South Carolina National Guard are meeting to discuss ways to help female military veterans get back into the workforce.According to the Business and Professional Women's Foundation, there are about 1.8 million women in the country who have served in the military.
Roslyn Ridgeway, vice chairman of the foundation, is joining Brig. Gen. Darlene Goff Friday at a forum in Columbia directed at helping female veterans find employment.
They are scheduled to meet with representatives of South Carolina businesses, a panel of female military veterans and government officials who are to discuss incentives for hiring military veterans.
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(The Associated Press contributed to this report)
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