Margarethe Cammermeyer
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Margarethe Cammermeyer is a retired U.S. Army colonel and nurse who became a prominent LGBTQ+ rights figure after being discharged for being a lesbian and successfully challenging the military’s ban on gay service members.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Margarethe Cammermeyer canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
LGBT rights activist
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human ⓘ military officer ⓘ nurse ⓘ |
| advocatesFor |
equality for lesbian and gay service members
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open military service for LGBTQ+ people ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Bronze Star Medal ⓘ |
| basedIn | Washington State NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | Vietnam War ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Seattle University
NERFINISHED
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University of Washington ⓘ |
| familyName | Cammermeyer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
LGBT rights
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nursing ⓘ |
| genre | autobiography ⓘ |
| givenName | Margarethe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasActivity | public speaking on LGBTQ+ issues and military policy ⓘ |
| hasCause | repeal of bans on gay and lesbian military service ⓘ |
| hasEthnicGroup | Norwegian American NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOccupation | author ⓘ |
| hasReligion | Lutheranism ⓘ |
| hasSpouse | Diane Divelbess NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
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Norwegian ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank | colonel ⓘ |
| movement |
LGBT rights movement
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gay rights movement ⓘ |
| name | Margarethe Cammermeyer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
advocacy for LGBTQ+ service members
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being discharged from the U.S. Army for being a lesbian ⓘ being reinstated into the National Guard after successful legal challenge ⓘ challenging the U.S. military ban on gay service members ⓘ publicly coming out while serving as a high-ranking military nurse ⓘ |
| notableWork | Serving in Silence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
LGBT rights activist
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military officer ⓘ nurse ⓘ |
| participantIn | legal challenge to U.S. military policies on homosexual service members ⓘ |
| placeOfResidence | Washington State NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalActivity | ran for public office in Washington State ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Chief Nurse of the Washington State National Guard ⓘ |
| residence | Whidbey Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| sexualOrientation | lesbian ⓘ |
| subjectOf | Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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