Earley, Charity Adams, 1918-2002

Dates:
Birth 1918
Death 2002-01-13

Biographical notes:

African American army officer, educator, and civic activist.

From the description of Charity Adams Earley papers, 1928-2002 (bulk 1942-2002). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70984777

Biographical Note

1918, Dec. 5 Born, Kittrell, N.C. 1938 B.A., Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio 1938 1942 Mathematics and science teacher, public school system, Columbia, S.C. 1942 1946 United States Army, Women’s Auxiliary Corps; served as company commander, staff training officer, and station control officer, Fort Des Moines, Iowa, (1942-1944) and commanding officer, 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, European Theater of Operations (1945) 1946 Retired from U. S. Army as lieutenant colonel M.A., Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio Registration officer, Veterans Administration, Cleveland, Ohio 1948 Dean of personnel services, Tennessee Agricultural and Industrial State College, Nashville, Tenn. 1948 1949 Dean of students, Georgia State College, Savannah, Ga. 1949 Married Stanley A. Earley, Jr. 1950 1952 Studied at University of Zurich and Jungian Institute of Analytical Psychology, Zurich, Switzerland 1965 1993 Board of directors, Dayton, Ohio, area chapter, American Red Cross 1972 1978 Board of governors, American Red Cross 1977 1992 Board of trustees, Sinclair Community College, Dayton, Ohio 1979 1991 Board of directors, Dayton Power and Light Co. 1982 Founder Black Leadership Development Program, Dayton, Ohio, 1989 1989 Published One Woman’s Army: A Black Officer Remembers the WAC. College Station: Texas A & M University Press Founding member, Parity 2000 (renamed Parity Inc.) 2002, Jan. 13 Died, Dayton, Ohio

From the guide to the Charity Adams Earley Papers, 1928-2002, (bulk 1942-2002), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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Subjects:

  • African Americans
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945

Occupations:

  • Army officers
  • Civic Activist
  • Educators

Places:

  • United States (as recorded)
  • France--Rouen (as recorded)
  • France--Paris (as recorded)
  • Fort Des Moines (Iowa) (as recorded)
  • England--Birmingham (as recorded)
  • Fort Des Moines (Iowa) (as recorded)

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