Charity Adams Earley

Military Person

1918 – 2002

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Who was Charity Adams Earley?

Charity Edna Adams Earley was the first African American woman to be an officer in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps and was the commanding officer of the first battalion of African American women to serve overseas during World War II.

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Born
Dec 5, 1918
Kittrell
Ethnicity
  • African American
Nationality
  • United States of America
Education
  • Ohio State University
  • Wilberforce University
Lived in
  • Columbia
Died
Jan 13, 2002
Dayton

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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