Lieutenant Colonel Charity Adams Earley
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Lieutenant Colonel Charity Adams Earley was a pioneering African American officer who commanded the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, the only all-Black, all-female U.S. Army unit deployed overseas during World War II.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lieutenant Colonel Charity Adams Earley canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
African-American military personnel
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United States Army officer ⓘ human ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Bronze Star Medal ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart failure ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1918-12-05 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2002-01-13 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
The Ohio State University
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Wilberforce University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Black Americans
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surface form:
African American
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| familyName |
Adams
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Earley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
military leadership
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military postal operations ⓘ |
| genre | military memoir ⓘ |
| givenName | Charity NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHonorificPrefix | Lieutenant Colonel ⓘ |
| influenced | subsequent generations of African-American women in the U.S. military ⓘ |
| memberOf | Women’s Army Corps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank | Lieutenant Colonel ⓘ |
| movement |
civil rights
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racial integration of the U.S. armed forces ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
Commanded the only all-Black, all-female U.S. Army unit deployed overseas during World War II
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First African-American woman to command a U.S. Army battalion in overseas combat theater ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Breaking racial and gender barriers in the U.S. Army
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Leadership of African-American women soldiers in Europe during World War II ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Command of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion
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One Woman’s Army: A Black Officer Remembers the WAC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
community leader
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educator ⓘ soldier ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Kittrell, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Dayton, Ohio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Commanding officer of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion ⓘ |
| religion | Methodism ⓘ |
| residence | Dayton, Ohio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spouse | Stanley A. Earley Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| unitCommanded | 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Birmingham, England
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European Theater of Operations NERFINISHED ⓘ Paris, France NERFINISHED ⓘ Rouen, France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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