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Birth
June 11, 1866, Norfolk, VA
Death
June 21, 1943 (age 77), New York, NY
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Alma Mater
Spencerian College of Commerce
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Did You Know?
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Kathryn Magnolia Johnson (co-author of Two Colored Women with the American Expeditionary Forces)
Children
Eunice Hunton Carter, W. Alphaeus Hunton Jr.
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International Council of Women of the Darker Races
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*some sources say April 6, 1845
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Lt. Col. Charity Adams Earley
In 1942, Earley (1918-2002) became the first Black woman to be commissioned as an officer in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC). After initially serving as a staff training officer, station control officer, and company commander at Fort Des Moines, Iowa, she was promoted to major in September 1943, coinciding with the transition from WAAC to WAC (Women's Auxillary Corps). In 1945, During World War II she commanded the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion (The Six Triple 8) and led the only all-Black, all-female battalion to serve overseas. The 6888th was responsible for sorting and delivering mail to nearly seven million soldiers in the European Theater of Operations. She ultimately achieved the rank of lieutenant colonel, the highest rank available to women in the WAC at that time.
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