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100	1		_aEarley, Charity Adams, _d1918-2002.
245	0	0	_aCharity Adams Earley papers, _f1928-2002 _g(bulk 1942-2002).
300			_a1,000 _fitems.
300			_a8 _fcontainers plus _a1 _foversize.
300			_a3.2 _flinear feet.
506	0		_aOpen to research.
520	8		_aCorrespondence, 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.
545	0		_aAfrican American army officer, educator, and civic activist.
546			_aCollection material in English.
555	8		_aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at _uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009089
610	1	0	_aUnited States. _bArmy _xAfrican American troops.
610	1	0	_aUnited States. _bArmy _xWomen.
610	1	0	_aUnited States. _bArmy. _bWomen's Army Corps.
610	1	0	_aUnited States. _bArmy. _bWomen's Army Corps. _bCentral Postal Battalion, 6888th.
650		0	_aAfrican Americans _xSegregation.
650		0	_aWorld War, 1939-1945 _zEngland _zBirmingham.
650		0	_aWorld War, 1939-1945 _zFrance _zParis.
650		0	_aWorld War, 1939-1945 _zFrance _zRouen.
650		0	_aWorld War, 1939-1945 _xParticipation, African American.
650		0	_aWorld War, 1939-1945 _xParticipation, Female.
651		0	_aFort Des Moines (Iowa)
651		0	_aUnited States _xArmed Forces _xAfrican American officers.
656		7	_aArmy officers. _2itoamc
656		7	_aCivic activists. _2itoamc
656		7	_aEducators. _2itoamc
700	1	2	_aEarley, Charity Adams, _d1918-2002. _tOne woman's Army : a Black officer remembers the WAC. _f1989.
856	4		_3Finding aid _uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009089
856	4		_3Finding aid (PDF) _uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009089.3
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