02751cpcaa2200493 a 4500 mm2003084973 DLC 20260227111729.0 cr ||||||||||| 031014|||||||||||| eng mm2003084973 DLC DLC dacs DLC B lcmd Earley, Charity Adams, 1918-2002. Charity Adams Earley papers, 1928-2002 (bulk 1942-2002). 1,000 items. 8 containers plus 1 oversize. 3.2 linear feet. Open to research. Correspondence, speeches, notes, military records, press clippings, printed matter, and other papers relating to Earley's experience as the first African-American commissioned officer in the Women's Army Corps during World War II and to her community activities later in life. Includes drafts of Earley's memoir One Woman's Army : a Black Officer Remembers the WAC, in which she recounts her experiences as a woman and as an African American in the segregated military at Fort Des Moines, Iowa, and as commanding officer of the 6888th Central Post Battalion stationed in Birmingham, England, and in Rouen and Paris, France. African American army officer, educator, and civic activist. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009089 United States. Army African American troops. United States. Army Women. United States. Army. Women's Army Corps. United States. Army. Women's Army Corps. Central Postal Battalion, 6888th. African Americans Segregation. World War, 1939-1945 England Birmingham. World War, 1939-1945 France Paris. World War, 1939-1945 France Rouen. World War, 1939-1945 Participation, African American. World War, 1939-1945 Participation, Female. Fort Des Moines (Iowa) United States Armed Forces African American officers. Army officers. itoamc Civic activists. itoamc Educators. itoamc Earley, Charity Adams, 1918-2002. One woman's Army : a Black officer remembers the WAC. 1989. Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009089 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009089.3 44681 44681