Harriet Pickens papers, 1922-2005 (bulk 1930-1968)

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Harriet Pickens papers, 1922-2005 (bulk 1930-1968)

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The Harriet Pickens Papers primarily contain documentation regarding her military service as a lieutenant in the WAVES (1944-1946), and her public service work, and includes biographical information, and material related to her education. Mention is also made of her classmate, fellow African-American officer Frances Wills. Pickens' community service work is represented by her notes for a course she took for the training of tuberculosis workers (1940), and a 1960 article she published concerning hospital care. Most of the material concerning her other community involvements are printed.

1 linear ft.

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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SNAC Resource ID: 8329013

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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United States. Naval Reserve. Women's Reserve

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The United States entered WWII in 1941 and soon faced a serious shortage of manpower in the military. Congress, along with public interest and advocacy from various national organizations, forced the Department of the Navy (over considerable internal resistance) to start accepting women into their service to augment the many thousands of men already active in the war effort. On June 24, 1942, Congress passed an act to create a women's reserve as a branch of the Naval reserve; to be governed by ...

Pickens, Harriet, 1909-1969

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Born in 1909 in Talladega, Alabama, Harriet Pickens joined the WAVES in 1944 as a member of the Women's Reserves in the U.S. Naval Reserve. She was one of two African-American women to be sworn in as an officer, and was commissioned as a lieutenant following her training, the first to receive this high rank. She served as an assistant in advanced training for WAVES recruits with an emphasis in indoctrination and was responsible for teaching the recruits the history, organization, re...