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Kelly with fellow command sergeants major during her promotion to Women's Army Corps command sergeant major.

Photo of Marcella Hayes, originally printed in Ebony Magazine in 1980.

Uniform worn by Charity Adams Earley, the first African American officer in the Women's Army Auxillary Corps (WAAC), later Women's Army Corps (WAC) and Commander of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, the first battalion of African…

Extract of Headquarters 6th Army Special Orders 185, dated 22 September 1952, with roster of women officers described by race, (Cau) for Caucasian or White and (Neg) for Negro or Black/African American.

Magazine article, four pages, reprinted, with permission, from Ebony, October 1968, describing the work of "the only Negro girl at that time working with the Red Cross Recreational Service," Barbara Lynn, 26 of Youngstown, Ohio.

Photograph of Gladys (Thomas) Anderson

In 1942, Charity (Adams) Earley became the first Black commissioned officer in the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC), later the Women’s Army Corps (WAC). In 1944, the WAC selected Earley commanding officer of the 6888th Central Postal Directory…

Three years before Rosa Parks stood up to discrimination by sitting down on an Alabama bus in 1955, Women’s Army Corps (WAC) Private First Class Sarah Keys refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white passenger. Heading home to Washington, North…

Born in Jamaica, Jeanine (McIntosh) Menze grew up watching airplanes fly into Kingston International Airport. Ignited early on with a deep love of flying, she earned various flying certifications while in college. After school, Menze applied for…

Born into a military family, Michelle Howard graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1982, where she was one of only seven African American women. During Operation Desert Storm (1990-1991), she served aboard the USS "Mount Hood" as chief…