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Dorothy E Johnson
Member of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion
Emma Brown
Member of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion
Evelyn Johnson
Member of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion
Thelma Dewitty
Thelma Dewitty was the first black teacher to be hired by the Seattle Public Schools.
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
Willetta Esther Riddle Gayton
Willetta Esther Riddle Gayton was the first African American professional librarian in Seattle.
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