December 5, 1918 - Charity Edna Adams Earley, the first
African American officer in the Woman’s Army Air Corps, was born in Kittrell,
North Carolina. Early earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in mathematics and
physics from Wilberforce University in 1938 and enlisted in the WAAC in 1942.
She served as the commanding officer and battalion commander of the first
battalion of African American women to serve overseas during World War II and
rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel. After retiring from the army, she
earned her Master of Arts degree in vocational psychology from Ohio State
University in 1946 and taught at Tennessee A&I College and Georgia State
College. Early was inducted into the Ohio Women’s Hall of Fame in 1979 and the
Ohio Veterans Hall of Fame in 1993. Early published her autobiography, “One
Woman’s Army: A Black Officer Remembers the WAC,” in 1989 and died January 13,
2002.
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