Английская Википедия:Edith DeVoe

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Edith DeVoe (October 24, 1921 – November 17, 2000) was an American nurse. She was the second black woman admitted to serve in the United States Navy Nurse Corps during World War II, was the first black nurse to be admitted to the regular Navy, and was the first black nurse to serve in the Navy outside the mainland United States.

Early life

Edith Mazie DeVoe was born on October 24, 1921Шаблон:Sfn in Washington, D. C. to Sadie Frances (née Dent) and Joseph Edward DeVoe.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn Both of her parents were employed in government serviceШаблон:Sfn and the family consisted of four children, Elizabeth, Edith, Joseph and Sadie.Шаблон:Sfn Her brother would die in 1934 and both of her sisters would become nurses.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn She completed her primary education attending Randall Junior High and Dunbar High Schools.Шаблон:Sfn DeVoe enrolled in nursing school with her sister Elizabeth at the Freedman's Hospital nursing school,Шаблон:Sfn graduating in 1942. She then supplemented her education with public health nursing courses in Richmond, Virginia at the St. Philip School of Nursing.Шаблон:Sfn

Career

DeVoe began her career working for the Visiting Nurse Association.Шаблон:Sfn On 18 April 1945, one week after the first black navy nurse, Phyllis Mae Dailey, was assigned to active duty, DeVoe was commissioned as an ensign in the United States Navy Reserve. She was assigned to her first active duty on 13 June 1945,Шаблон:Sfn and served for two years during World War II at the Boston Navy Yard. In mid-1947, she was assigned to the Naval Mine Warfare Test Station, in Solomons, Maryland.Шаблон:Sfn On 6 January 1948, DeVoe was transferred to the Navy Nurse Corps and assigned to the Navy Communication Annex Dispensary in Washington, D. C., as the first black nurse in the regular navy.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn In March 1948, when Congress was deliberating on whether women should permanently become part of the military, Adam Clayton Powell Jr., Harlem’s Representative to the House argued that the Nurses’ Corps should be permanent, that the military should be fully desegregated and emphasized that DeVoe was the only black nurse serving the 19,337 black servicemen in the navy.Шаблон:Sfn

In 1949, DeVoe earned the rank of Lieutenant (JG) and was assigned to the St. Albans Naval Hospital in the Queens borough of Long Island.Шаблон:Sfn The following year, she became the first black nurse assigned to a duty station outside the U.S. mainland,Шаблон:Sfn when she was sent to the Tripler Army-Navy Hospital, one of the few medical centers serving multiple service branches. Her assignment there, was to assist with the evacuees and injured serving in the Korean War. On May 1, 1952, DeVoe became a full Lieutenant and in August was transferred to the naval hospital in Pasadena, California.Шаблон:Sfn She was in a car accident in 1955, while serving at the Oakland Naval HospitalШаблон:Sfn and on 1 April 1956, she was placed on the temporary disabilities list.Шаблон:Sfn She returned to duty and retired from military service in 1960 in Oakland, returning to Washington, D. C.Шаблон:Sfn

Death and legacy

DeVoe died from lung cancer on November 17, 2000, at Cherry Lane Nursing Center in Laurel, Prince George's County, MarylandШаблон:Sfn and was buried at Quantico National Cemetery in Triangle, Virginia.Шаблон:Sfn

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