Earley, Charity Adams, 1918-2002

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)