Toni Bullock
Pioneering funeral home owner, a WWII radio operator, and the youngest Black woman to earn an embalming license in Massachusetts.
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Harriet Boyd Hawes
Archeologist Harriet Boyd Hawes became the first woman to lead an archaeological expedition when she discovered the ancient town of Gournia on Crete. In later years she also served as a volunteer nurse during the Greco-Turkish War and World War I.
Evelyn Johnson
Member of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion
Dorothy E Johnson
Member of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion
Emma Brown
Member of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion
Mary Crawford Ragland
Company clerk in the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion during WWII
Fannie Griffin McClendon
Member of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion in WWII
Catherine Aucella
Executive Director of the US’s National Security Agency.
Violet Hill Gordon
Violet Gordon served as an officer in the WAC’s 32nd Company, as well as with the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion.
Essie Dell O’Bryant Woods
Staff Sergeant Essie Woods and her sisters, one older and one younger, all enlisted in the Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps in 1943; member of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion