Born: Unknown, United States (assumed)
Died: Unknown
Country most active: United States
Also known as: NA
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Hospital Apprentices
2nd Class Ruth C. Isaacs, Katherine Horton, and Inez Patterson
In 1945, these pioneering women became the first Black Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES) to enter Hospital Corps School at the National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland.